fra

See also: FRA, Fra, fra-, fra., frá, and frå

Translingual

Symbol

fra

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for French.

References

• „fra“ on Abkürzungen.de

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Italian frate. See friar.

Noun

fra

1. A title of a friar or monk: brother.
   • a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Prologue at Ischia”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, →OCLC, part first, page 9:

     You have at Naples your Fra Bernardino; / And I at Fondi have my Fra Bastiano, / The famous artist, who has come from Rome / To paint my portrait.

   • 1908, Thomas Hughes, History of the Society of Jesus in North America:

     The writer has spoken to his two companions, Fathers Eliseus and Elias, desiring them to go, if only to gather intelligence about those parts; but both are of one mind that the basis of operations, as laid down by Fra Simon, is not substantiated […]

   • 2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:

     "She is in the hands of Mrs. Coulter," said Fra Pavel.

Etymology 2

Adverb

fra (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of fro.

See also

• fra diavolo (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• 'arf, AFR, AFr., ARF, Afr., FAR, RAF, RFA, arf, far

Abinomn

Alternative forms

• ɸəra

Noun

fra

1. eagle

Catalan

Etymology

Shortening of frare

Noun

fra m (plural fres)

1. brother

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram. Cognate with English from, Swedish från, Norwegian Bokmål fra, Norwegian Nynorsk frå, Faroese frá, Icelandic frá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/, [fʁ̥ɑ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːˀr

Preposition

fra

1. from

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin frāter.

Noun

fra m

1. brother

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin īnfrā, which stems from inferus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/^*, /fra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: fra
• This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence fra due minuti (“in two minutes”) can be pronounced either /fra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /fra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition

fra

1. between
2. among
3. in (expression of time)

   Vi sarò fra due minuti ― I'll be there in two minutes

Usage notes

• • There is no difference between tra and fra, but tra is often preferred before words starting with “fr” whereas fra is used before words starting with “tr”:

  tra fratelli ― between brothers

  fra treni ― between trains

Synonyms

• tra

Derived terms

• fra poco
• frattanto

Etymology 2

Clipping of fratello

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfra/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: frà
• Unlike the above word, this word has primary stress and always triggers syntactic gemination of the following consonant.

Noun

fra m (invariable)

1. (slang) bro, brother

Etymology 3

Clipping of frate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: fra

Noun

fra m (invariable)

1. friar (used as a title before a proper name)
   • Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi sposi:

     Fra Cristoforo, in piedi, ma col capo chino, rispose: — io posso dunque sperare che lei m’abbia concesso il suo perdono! E se l’ottengo da lei, da chi non devo sperarlo? Oh! s’io potessi sentire questa parola dalla sua bocca, perdono!

     Friar Cristoforo, standing, but with his head low, answered: — so I can hope that you have granted me forgiveness! And if I have obtained it from you, whom shall I not hope to obtain it from? Oh, if only I could hear this word from your mouth, forgiveness!

Anagrams

• far

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin infrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra/

Preposition

fra

1. between
2. among
3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

• tra

Middle English

Preposition

fra

1. from

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɑː/

Preposition

fra

1. from

Derived terms

• derfra
• fraskille
• fravær
• fraværende
• sørfra

See also

• frå (Nynorsk)

References

• “fra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old English

Preposition

fra

1. fro, from

Descendants

• English: fro

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fra”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• frō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).

Adjective

frā

1. glad

Declension

Declension of frā

Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	frā	frā	frā	frāwe	frāwu	frāwe
accusative	frāwana	frā	frāwa	frāwe	frāwu	frāwe
genitive	frāwes	frāwes	frāwaro	frāwarō	frāwarō	frāwarō
dative	frāwumu	frāwumu	frāwaro	frāwum	frāwum	frāwum
Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative	frāwo	frāwa	frāwa	frāwu
accusative	frāwun	frāwa	frāwun	frāwun
genitive	frāwun	frāwun	frāwun	frāwonō
dative	frāwun	frāwun	frāwun	frāwum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: vrô
  • Plautdietsch: froo
  • → Danish: fro