fraternité
French, noun/fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.te/
fraternité is spelled F-R-A-T-E-R-N-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fraternité is a French feminine noun meaning “brotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lien de parenté qui unit les enfants, frères et sœurs, nés des mêmes parents”.
What does fraternité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrotherhood (state of being brothers or a brother)
- 2
femininebrotherhood (organization)
- 3
femininefraternity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lien de parenté qui unit les enfants, frères et sœurs, nés des mêmes parents. 2. Idée selon laquelle tous les humains, hommes et femmes, sont égaux et méritent égale dignité et égale considération. 3. Liaison étroite que contractent ensemble ceux qui, sans être frères, se traitent néanmoins comme des frères. 4. Organisme, association, à caractère religieux, entre personnes voulant vivre de façon fraternelle.
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 fraternité
- fraternités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fraternité?
- /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.te/
- \fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fraternité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fraternité in French?
fraternité appears 8.9 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).