confrérie
French, noun/kɔ̃.fʁe.ʁi/
confrérie is spelled C-O-N-F-R-É-R-I-E (9 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confrérie is a French feminine noun meaning “brotherhood, fraternity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compagnie de personnes associées pour quelque objet”.
What does confrérie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrotherhood, fraternity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compagnie de personnes associées pour quelque objet.
noun: 1. Variante de confrérie.
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 confrérie
- confréries plural
- confrèrie
- confrèries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confrérie?
- /kɔ̃.fʁe.ʁi/
- \kɔ̃.fʁe.ʁi\
- \kɔ̃.fʁɛ.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to confrérie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is confrérie in French?
confrérie appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).