frau
/fɹaʊ/
frau noun: a woman, especially a German woman.
Noun (1)
frau (plural fraus)
- A woman, especially a German woman.
- To Germantown, Pa., the German frauen carried their domestic industry of the hand knitting of woolen hose, and before 1775 there were one hundred and fifty knitting frames at Germantown and in the vicinity of the Brandywine; […]1911, John Howard Brown, E[dith] M[ary] Norris, editors, Lamb’s Textile Industries of the United States: Embracing Biographical Sketches of Prominment Men and a Historical Resumé of the Progress of...
- Witch: / Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! / You damned old beast! You cursed old sow! / You leave the kettle and singe the frau.1961, Goethe, translated by Walter Kaufman, Faust, line 2465
Noun (2) capitalized: Frau
- Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.
- G. von Hoffmann’s Die Ochsenmenuette offered Frau von Berckel as Therese, Scherer as Istock, Lotti as Eduard, and Frauen Schmidt and Esden, and Graff, Lehmann and Kress in minor rôles.1970, George C[linton] D[ensmore] Odell, Annals of the New York Stage, New York, N.Y.: AMS Press, page 169
- His gifts as an impassioned speaker had brought him to the notice of some wealthy society ladies (Frauen Bechstein, Hofmann and Wagner), who lionised him and tolerated his cranky behaviour as that of a budding genius.2002, Margaret Cook, “The Military Celibate”, in Lords of Creation: The Demented World of Men in Power, London: Robson Books, →ISBN, page 101
- Synonyms:
- Fr.
frau meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
frau in Hindi
- फ्राउ, फ्राऊ
frau in Tamil
- ஃப்ராவ்
frau in Marathi
- फ्राऊ
frau in Urdu
- عورت, بیوی
More languagesFewer languages
- frau in Bengali
- ফ্রাউ
- frau in Gujarati
- ફ્રાઉ
- frau in Odia
- ଫ୍ରାଉ
- frau in Nepali
- फ्राउ
Synonyms of frau
Forms of frau
| plural | fraus |
|---|---|
| plural | Frauen |
| plural | Fraus |
Origin of frau
Borrowed from German Frau. Doublet of frow, vrou, and vrouw.
Borrowed from German Frau.
Words formed from frau
Words that rhyme with frau
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Questions about frau
- What does frau mean?
- Frau means a woman, especially a German woman.
- What is frau in Hindi?
- Frau in Hindi is फ्राउ, फ्राऊ. See Frau meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is frau?
- Frau is a noun.
- How do you pronounce frau?
- Frau is pronounced /fɹaʊ/.
- What is the plural of frau?
- The plural of frau is fraus.
Words near frau in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: frau (page history and authors); Frau (page history and authors); frau (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frau (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frau (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frau (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frau (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frau (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frau (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); frau (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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