🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

fratrie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fʁa.tʁi/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sibship/ˈsɪb.ʃɪp/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Cette fratrie est extrêmement proche malgré les années."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The relationship existing among siblings.

    "The psychological study examined how dynamics within a sibship affect childhood development."
  2. 2

    A group of brothers and sisters sharing the same parents.

    "Geneticists analyzed the entire sibship for markers of the hereditary disorder."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'sib' (meaning kin, relative, or blood relationship) combined with the suffix '-ship' (denoting state, condition, or relation). The term has been used historically in anthropology, genetics, and sociology to describe the relationship between children sharing the same parents.

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