freire

Etymology

From Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater (“brother”). Doublet of frade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾejɾe̝/

Noun

freire m (plural freires)

1. (literary) friar

   Synonyms: frade, monxe

References

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

Alternative forms

• frei

Etymology

From Old Portuguese freire, fraire, borrowed from Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater (“brother”), from Proto-Italic *frātēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐj.ɾɨ/, /ˈfɾej.ɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: frei‧re

Noun

freire m (plural freires, feminine freira, feminine plural freiras)

1. friar