different between franciscan vs friar
franciscan
Romanian
Etymology
From French franciscain
Noun
franciscan m (plural franciscani)
- Franciscan
Declension
franciscan From the web:
- what franciscans believe
- what is franciscan spirituality
- what are franciscan friars
- what does franciscan mean
- what are franciscan values
- what do franciscans wear
- what do franciscans do
- what is franciscan order
friar
English
Alternative forms
- frier, fryar (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English frere, from Old French frere, from Latin fr?ter (“brother”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?réh?t?r (“brother”). Doublet of frater and brother.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?a??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?a??/
- Rhymes: -a??(r)
- Homophones: frier, fryer
Noun
friar (plural friars)
- A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
- (printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
- An American fish, the silverside.
Synonyms
- (member of religious order): brother, frater or father
Coordinate terms
- (member of religious order): sister
- (white patch on a printed page): monk
Derived terms
Translations
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From fri (“to ask for (someone's) hand in marriage”) +? -ar.
Noun
friar m (definite singular friaren, indefinite plural friarar, definite plural friarane)
- one (traditionally a man) who proposes marriage
Related terms
- frieri (“marriage proposal”)
References
- “friar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- firar
Swedish
Verb
friar
- present tense of fria.
Anagrams
- firar
friar From the web:
- what friars do
- what friar means
- what's friary
- what's friar in italian
- what does friar mean
- what is friar lawrence's plan for juliet
- what is friars balsam
- friar laurence
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- franciscan vs friar
- zoogeography vs paleontology
- plantgeography vs zoogeography
- zoogeography vs zoogeographer
- zoogeography vs zoogeographical
- zoogeography vs zoogeographic
- zoogeography vs ecogeography
- species vs zoogeography
- animal vs zoogeography
- terms vs zoogeographical
- phylogeography vs phylogeographical
- gene vs phylogeography
- population vs phylogeography
- distribution vs phylogeography
- geographic vs phylogeography
- phylogeography vs phylogeographic
- syncology vs autecology
- autecology vs synaecology
- autecology vs syhecology
- species vs autecology