fraternel

fraternal; brotherly

adjective fra-ter-NEL Rare

Usage Note

Fraternel derives from frère (brother) and conveys the warmth of a brotherly bond. The feminine is fraternelle, and the adverb is fraternellement. It appears often in formal or idealistic contexts — la solidarité fraternelle — and echoes the French Republic's motto Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. The noun la fraternité is one of France's three founding civic values.

Examples

"Ils se saluent d'un geste fraternel."

Natural Translation

They greet each other with a brotherly gesture.

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