confrère
See also: confrere
English
Noun
confrère (plural confrères)
- Alternative spelling of confrere
- 1943 November and December, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
- It consisted in the hope that a driver or fireman might be too incapacitated to carry on when, in true story-book fashion, the pupil would do the job, save the situation and find himself a hero among his confrères of the running shed.
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Anagrams
- enforcer, reconfer
French
Etymology
Back-formation from confrérie, with the influence of frère (“brother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fʁɛʁ/
confrère (file)
Noun
confrère m (plural confrères, feminine consœur)
- colleague, fellow, peer
Related terms
- consœur
Further reading
- “confrère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- conférer, forcener, renforce, renforcé