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coterie
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French coterie.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??t??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ko?t??i/, /?ko?t???i/, [?ko????i], [?ko?????i]
Noun
coterie (plural coteries)
- A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose.
- Synonym: clique
- A communal burrow of prairie dogs.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coterie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “coterie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French coterie, from Medieval Latin coteria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ko?.t??ri/
- Hyphenation: co?te?rie
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
coterie f (plural coteries or coterieën, diminutive coterietje n)
- coterie, clique (exclusive circle of associates)
Related terms
- kot
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin coteria, from Old English cot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.t?i/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
coterie f (plural coteries)
- (historical) feudal community of peasants
- (figuratively, also derogatory) coterie, clique, cabal (small, exclusive group of individuals advancing shared interests)
Descendants
- ? Dutch: coterie
- ? English: coterie
- ? German: Koterie
Further reading
- “coterie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- coterie on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Romanian
Etymology
From French coterie.
Noun
coterie f (plural coterii)
- coterie
Declension
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fraternity
English
Etymology
From Middle English fraternite, borrowed from Old French fraternité, from Latin fr?ternit?s, ultimately from fr?ter (“brother”).
Noun
fraternity (countable and uncountable, plural fraternities)
- The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
- A group of people associated for a common purpose.
- (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
Synonyms
- brotherhood
- community
Antonyms
- disfavor
Related terms
- fraternal
- fraternise, fraternize
- fratricide
- fraternity house
- sorority
Translations
See also
- sorority
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