phratrie
French, noun\fʁa.tʁi\
phratrie is spelled P-H-R-A-T-R-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phratrie is a French feminine noun meaning “phratry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Subdivision de la tribu à Athènes”.
What does phratrie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephratry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Subdivision de la tribu à Athènes. 2. Division d’une tribu.
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 phratrie
- phratries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phratrie?
- \fʁa.tʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is phratrie in French?
phratrie appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).