fra

From Italian frate. See friar.

fra

1. brother; a title of a monk or friar

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Longfellow to this entry?)

   • 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.

fra (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of fro.

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

fra

1. eagle

Shortening of frare

fra m (plural fres)

1. brother

• IPA^(key): /fra/, [fʁ̥ɑ]

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• Rhymes: -aːˀr

fra

1. from

From Latin frāter.

fra m

1. brother

From Latin infra, which stems from Latin inferus.[1]

• Rhymes: -a

fra

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

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

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

• tra

• fra poco
• frattanto

• far

Clipping of fratello

fra m (plural fri)

1. (slang) bro, brother

From Latin infrā.

• IPA^(key): /fra/

fra

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

• tra

fra

1. from

From Old Norse frá

fra

1. from

• frå (Nynorsk)

• “fra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• fro

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

frā

1. glad