name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
friar
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈfɹaɪɚ/
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rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
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homophone: frier
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homophone: fryer
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CMU ARPABET: F R AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brother, frater
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A white or pale patch on a printed page caused by poor inking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 4
An American fish, the silverside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An American fish, the silverside.
Such fish prepared as food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mendicant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious
Narrower terms: Carmelite, White Friar, Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher, Franciscan, Grey Friar, Augustinian
History
Etymology
PIE word *bhréh2tēr From Middle English frere, from Old French frere, from Latin frāter (“brother”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhréh2tēr (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, brother, bru, frater, pal, and vai.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: վանական (vanakan) — member of certain Christian orders
- Armenian: կրոնավոր (kronavor) — member of certain Christian orders
- Armenian: եղբայր (eġbayr) — member of certain Christian orders
- Armenian: ֆրեր (frer) — member of certain Christian orders
- Bulgarian: монах (monah) — member of certain Christian orders
- Catalan: frare — member of certain Christian orders
- Chinese: 男修道士 (nán xiū dào shì) — member of certain Christian orders
- Czech: fráter — member of certain Christian orders
- Esperanto: monaĥo — member of certain Christian orders
- Finnish: veli — member of certain Christian orders
- French: frère — member of certain Christian orders
- Galician: freire — member of certain Christian orders
- Galician: frade — member of certain Christian orders
- Georgian: ლორენცო (lorenco) — member of certain Christian orders
- German: Mönch — member of certain Christian orders
- German: Ordensbruder — member of certain Christian orders
- Greek: μοναχός (monachós) — member of certain Christian orders
- Hungarian: barát — member of certain Christian orders
- Irish: bráthair — member of certain Christian orders
- Irish: coirneach — member of certain Christian orders
- Italian: frate — member of certain Christian orders
- Latin: frater — member of certain Christian orders
- Middle English: frere — member of certain Christian orders
- Occitan: fraire — member of certain Christian orders
- Polish: zakonnik — member of certain Christian orders
- Polish: brat — member of certain Christian orders
- Portuguese: frade — member of certain Christian orders
- Portuguese: frei — member of certain Christian orders
- Portuguese: freire — member of certain Christian orders
- Russian: мона́х нищенствующего ордена (monáx niščenstvujuščevo ordena) — member of certain Christian orders
- Scottish Gaelic: manach — member of certain Christian orders
- Spanish: fraile — member of certain Christian orders
- Tagalog: frayle — member of certain Christian orders
- Volapük: rodan — member of certain Christian orders
- Volapük: hirodan — member of certain Christian orders
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