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confraternel

French, adjective/kɔ̃.fʁa.tɛʁ.nɛl/

confraternel is spelled C-O-N-F-R-A-T-E-R-N-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confraternel is a French adjective meaning “confraternal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui exprime la confraternité”.

What does confraternel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    confraternal

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui exprime la confraternité.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of confraternel

  • confraternelle feminine
  • confraternels masculine plural
  • confraternelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce confraternel?

  • /kɔ̃.fʁa.tɛʁ.nɛl/
  • \kɔ̃.fʁa.tɛʁ.nɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is confraternel in French?

confraternel appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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