frei
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɾej/
frei is spelled F-R-E-I (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frei is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of freire (“friar”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variante ortográfica de freire”.
What does frei mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of freire (“friar”)
Frei Luís de Sousa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. variante ortográfica de freire
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 frei
- freis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frei?
- Brazil /ˈfɾej/
- Brazil [ˈfɾeɪ̯]
- Portugal /ˈfɾɐj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frei in Portuguese?
frei appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).