Homme ou garçon enfant du même père et de la même mère qu’un ou plusieurs autre(s) individu(s) ; membre masculin d’une adelphie.
A male person who has the same parents as you.
Gender: masculin (le/un). Pluriel: frères.
🇬🇧 Countable noun. Plural: brothers. Common collocations: older brother, younger brother, big brother, brother-in-law (your spouse's brother or your sibling's husband). The informal word is 'bro'.
'Big Brother' in English culture now has two meanings: the eldest brother, and a reference to government surveillance from George Orwell's novel 1984. 'Brotherhood' means a close bond between people who share common values or goals.
Exemples
"La fille lit un livre à son frère."
🇬🇧 "The girl reads a book to her brother."
"Le garçon est allongé avec son frère."
🇬🇧 "The boy lies with his brother."