Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

confrerie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-frerie
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

brotherhood, association

Example Sentences

"Some worker confréries, such as those of the carpenters, hatmakers, polishers, and secondhand clothes dealers, tried to obtain formal legitimation in the eighteenth century."

Etymology

From French confrérie.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: confrérie

Inflected Forms

confreries (plural)

Questions

What does confrerie mean?: brotherhood, association
Where does confrerie come from?: It is traced to French.

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