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 Definitions of fraternal  [əˈtɜr nl]  

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Definition of 'fraternal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) fraternal
of or befitting a brother; brotherly.

2.  fraternal
of or being a society of men associated in brotherly union, as for mutual aid or benefit.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME < L frātern(us) fraternal, der. of frāterbrother+ -al1)

Definition of 'fraternal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) fraternal
of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
"a fraternal order"

2. (adj) fraternal, biovular
(of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
"fraternal twins are biovular"

3. (adj) brotherly, brotherlike, fraternal
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
"brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties"
Definition of 'fraternal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) fraternal
pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace
Translation of 'fraternal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of or like a brother
a fraternal greeting.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: broederlike Arabic flag Arabic: أخَوي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: братски
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fraternal Czech flag Czech: bratrský German flag German: brüderlich
Danish flag Danish: broderlig Greek flag Greek: αδελφικός Spanish flag Spanish: fraternal
Estonian flag Estonian: vennalik Farsi flag Farsi: برادرانه Finnish flag Finnish: veljellinen
French flag French: fraternel Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁל אָח Hindi flag Hindi: भाई के समान
Croatian flag Croatian: bratski Hungarian flag Hungarian: testvéri Indonesian flag Indonesian: persaudaraan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bróðurlegur Italian flag Italian: fraterno Japanese flag Japanese: 兄弟の
Korean flag Korean: 형제의, 우애의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: broliškas Latvian flag Latvian: brāļa-; brāļu-; brālīgs
Malay flag Malay: persaudaraan Dutch flag Dutch: broederlijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: broderlig, bro(de)r-
Polish flag Polish: braterski Persian flag Persian: برادرانه Pashto flag Pashto: دورورۍ، دوروڼو په شان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fraternal Romanian flag Romanian: frăţesc Russian flag Russian: братский
Slovak flag Slovak: bratský Slovenian flag Slovenian: bratovski Serbian flag Serbian: bratski
Swedish flag Swedish: broderlig Thai flag Thai: ที่เหมือนพี่หรือน้องชาย Turkish flag Turkish: kardeşçe
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 兄弟般的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: братерський, братній Urdu flag Urdu: برادرانہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc anh em Chinese flag Chinese: 兄弟般的

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