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Meaning
Adj
●
Of or
pertaining
to a
brother
or
brother
s.
●
Of or
pertaining
to a fraternity.
●
Platonic or friendly.
●
In Genetics & Family:
Of
twins
or
embryos
,
produced
from two different
eggs
and
sperm
, and
genetically
distinct.
Noun
●
In Family:
A
society
formed
to provide
mutual aid
, such as insurance.
●
A
fraternal
twin.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
fraternal
English
fraternel
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
fraternalis
Latin
-alis
Latin
fraternus
Latin
frater
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Familial
Filial
Sisterhood
Kinship
Mutual
Platonic
Communal
Masonic
Religious
Brotherhood
Neighborly
Matriarchal
Spiritual
Solidarity
Charitable
Friendship
Sibling
Unity
Civic
Dizygotic
Catholic
Polyamorous
Adoptive
Philanthropic
Communitarian
Multiracial
Sister
Generosity
Prosocial
Likable
Sisters
Personable
Identical Twins
Full Siblings
Half Siblings
Half Brothers
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Rhymes
Vernal
Kernel
Ternal
Sternal
Eternal
Colonel
Journal
Infernal
Paternal
Maternal
External
Supernal
Asternal
Nocturnal
Fraternal
Hodiernal
Hesternal
Hyosternal
Presternal
Substernal
Midsternal
Episternal
Peristernal
Antesternal
Mesosternal
Parasternal
Metasternal
Coxosternal
Poststernal
Latisternal
Infrasternal
Costosternal
Suprasternal
Supersternal
Transsternal
Intersternal
Retrosternal
Coracosternal
Chondrosternal
Vertebrosternal
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