ADJECTIVE | pert | fraternal | of or relating to a fraternity / fraternity or society of usually men |
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all | fraternal, biovular | (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | |
all | fraternal, brotherly, brotherlike | like or characteristic of or befitting a brother |
Sounds | frahter'nahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Of or relating to a fraternity / fraternity or society of usually men. | |
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Example | "a fraternal order" | |
Catalan | fraternal | |
Nouns | brotherhood | people engaged in a particular occupation |
fraternity | a social club for male undergraduates |
Meaning | (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova. | |
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Example | "fraternal twins are biovular" | |
Synonym | biovular | |
Opposite | identical, monovular | (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum |
Spanish | biovular, dicigótico | |
Catalan | biovular, fraternal |
Meaning | like or characteristic of or befitting a brother. | |
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Example | "close fraternal ties" | |
Synonyms | brotherly, brotherlike | |
Opposite | sisterly, sisterlike, sororal | like or characteristic of or befitting a sister |
Spanish | fraternal, fraterno | |
Catalan | fratern, fraternal | |
Adverbs | fraternally | in a brotherly manner |
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