frade

Etymology

Already attested in the 12th century in Latin documents (Pumar dus Frades, 1174, Cartulary of Caaveiro). From Old Galician and Old Portuguese frade (“friar”), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of freire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaðe̝/

Noun

frade m (plural frades)

1. friar

   Synonyms: freire, monxe

References

• “frade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “frade” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “frade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “frade” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “frade” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese frade (“friar”), from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾa.ðɨ/
• Hyphenation: fra‧de
• Rhymes: -adʒi

Noun

frade m (plural frades)

1. friar
2. angelfish (a marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae)