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fra·ter·nal
(frə-tûr′nəl)adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to brothers: a close fraternal tie.
b. Showing comradeship; brotherly.
2.
a. Of or constituting a fraternity: a fraternal association.
b. Roman Catholic Church Of or constituting a mendicant order such as the Dominicans or Franciscans.
3. Biology Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic.
[Middle English, from Old French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis, from Latin frāternus, from frāter, brother; see bhrāter- in Indo-European roots.]
fra·ter′nal·ism n.
fra·ter′nal·ly adv.
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Translations
بأخَويَّه
bratrsky
broderligt
testvéri módon
bróîurlega
bratsky
kardeşçe
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fraternal
(frəˈtəːnl) adjective of or like a brother. a fraternal greeting.
fraˈternally adverbfraˈternity – plural fraˈternities – noun
1. a company of people who regard each other as equals, eg monks.
2. a company of people with the same interest, job etc. the banking fraternity.
3. (American) a society of male students in various universities.
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