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Yes. The word fra is a Scrabble US word. The word fra is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word fra is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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3-letter words (3 found)

ARF,FAR,FRA,

2-letter words (2 found)

AR,FA,

You can make 5 words from fra according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of fra

fra rfa far afr raf arf

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Definitions and meaning of fra

fra

Translingual

Symbol

fra

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/T & ISO 639-3 language code for French.

References

  • „fra“ on Abkürzungen.de

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɹɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

From Italian frate. See friar.

Noun

fra

  1. A title of a friar or monk: brother.

Etymology 2

Adverb

fra (not comparable)

  1. Archaic form of fro.

See also

  • fra diavolo (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • 'arf, AFR, AFr., ARF, Afr., FAR, RAF, RFA, arf, far

Abinomn

Alternative forms

  • ɸəra

Noun

fra

  1. eagle

Catalan

Etymology

Shortening of frare

Noun

fra m (plural fres)

  1. brother

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frá, from Proto-Germanic *fram. Cognate with English from, Swedish från, Norwegian Bokmål fra, Norwegian Nynorsk frå, Faroese frá, Icelandic frá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fra/, [fʁ̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -aːˀr

Preposition

fra

  1. from

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin frāter.

Noun

fra m

  1. brother

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin īnfrā, which stems from inferus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fra/*, /fra/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: fra
  • This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence fra due minuti (“in two minutes”) can be pronounced either /fra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /fra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition

fra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)
    Vi sarò fra due minuti ― I'll be there in two minutes
Usage notes
    • There is no difference between tra and fra, but tra is often preferred before words starting with “fr” whereas fra is used before words starting with “tr”:
    tra fratelli ― between brothers
    fra treni ― between trains
Synonyms
  • tra
Derived terms
  • fra poco
  • frattanto

References

Etymology 2

Clipping of fratello

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfra/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: frà
  • Unlike the above word, this word has primary stress and always triggers syntactic gemination of the following consonant.

Noun

fra m (invariable)

  1. (slang) bro, brother

Anagrams

  • far

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin infrā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fra/

Preposition

fra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

  • tra

Middle English

Preposition

fra

  1. from

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɑː/

Preposition

fra

  1. from

Derived terms

See also

  • frå (Nynorsk)

References

  • “fra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • frō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frawaz, whence also Old Norse frár (“swift”).

Adjective

frā

  1. glad

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: vrô
    • Plautdietsch: froo
    • → Danish: fro

Source: wiktionary.org