fraternal
pronunciation
How to pronounce fraternal in British English:
UK [frəˈtɜːnl]
How to pronounce fraternal in American English:
US [frəˈtɜːrnl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
- (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
- like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
Word Origin
- fraternal
- fraternal: [15] Etymologically as well as semantically, fraternal is ‘brotherly’. It comes from frāternālis, a medieval Latin derivative of Latin frāter ‘brother’. This goes back to the same prehistoric Indo-European source, *bhrāter, as produced English brother. The Latin accusative from, frātrem, produced French frère ‘brother’, from which English gets friar [13].=> brother, friar, pal
- fraternal (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French fraternel "brotherly, fraternal," and directly from Medieval Latin fraternalis, from Latin fraternus "friendly, closely allied," literally "brotherly" (see fraternity). The noun meaning "fraternal twin" is recorded by 1911.
Example
- 1. An important principle for handling relations between fraternal parties .
- 2. And scores were significantly more matched between identical as opposed to fraternal twins .
- 3. Family history is often a good predictor of the probability of premenstrual syndrome ; studies have found that the occurrence of pms is twice as high among identical twins compared with fraternal twins .
- 4. My family have fraternal cooperation .
- 5. African american fraternal and sororal association .