Frater

See also: frater

English

Etymology 1

Occupational surname, from frater.

Proper noun

Frater (plural Fraters)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frater is the 35096^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 642 individuals. Frater is most common among White (51.4%) and Black/African American (44.7%) individuals.

Etymology 2

From Latin frater (“brother”).

Proper noun

Frater (uncountable)

1. Synonym of Lingua Sistemfrater

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frater”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 600.

Anagrams

• Rafter, farter, rafter

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin frāter. Doublet of Bruder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfraːtər/, [ˈfʁaː.tɐ]

Noun

Frater m (strong, genitive Fraters, plural Fratres or Frater)

1. (Roman Catholicism) brother (monk who is not a priest)

   Synonym: Laienmönch

   Antonym: Pater

Declension

Declension of Frater [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Frater	die	Fratres, Frater
genitive	eines	des	Fraters	der	Fratres, Frater
dative	einem	dem	Frater	den	Fratres, Fratern
accusative	einen	den	Frater	die	Fratres, Frater

Further reading

• “Frater” in Duden online