fraternal
Portuguese, adjective/fɾa.teʁˈnaw/
fraternal is spelled F-R-A-T-E-R-N-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fraternal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “brotherly (of or characteristic of brothers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “próprio de irmãos”.
What does fraternal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebrotherly (of or characteristic of brothers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. próprio de irmãos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fraternal
- fraternais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fraternal?
- Brazil /fɾa.teʁˈnaw/
- Brazil [fɾa.teɦˈnaʊ̯]
- /fɾa.teɾˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fraternal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fraternal in Portuguese?
fraternal appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).