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frater

/ˈfreɪtə(ɹ)/

frater noun: a monk.

Noun

frater (plural fraters)

  1. A monk.
  2. A frater house.
  3. A comrade.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Frater

Frater (plural Fraters)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Frater

Frater (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Lingua Sistemfrater.

frater meaning in Urdu

frater in Urdu

رفیق, ساتھی, طعام گاہ

Synonyms of frater

Forms of frater

Noun
pluralfraters
Proper noun
pluralFraters

Origin of frater

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Learned borrowing from Latin frāter (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, bru, friar, pal, and vai.

Occupational surname, from frater.

From Latin frater (“brother”).

Words formed from frater

Phrases with frater

Words that rhyme with frater

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Questions about frater

What does frater mean?
Frater means a monk.
What is frater in Urdu?
Frater in Urdu is رفیق, ساتھی, طعام گاہ. See Frater meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is frater?
Frater can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce frater?
Frater is pronounced /ˈfreɪtə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of frater?
The plural of frater is fraters.

Words near frater in the dictionary

  1. fratches
  2. fratchety
  3. fratching
  4. fratchy
  5. frate
  6. frater
  7. frater house
  8. frater houses
  9. frater-house
  10. frater-houses
  11. fraterculine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frater (page history and authors); Frater (page history and authors); frater (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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