fraternize en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From French fraterniser.
Meanings
- (intransitive) To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
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(intransitive) To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
Now in this world it is never wise to meddle with such things. It's better to leave them as they are. No one ever had any good come to him from fraternizing with too great familiarity with the unknown; and it's a very good thing that the children from The Other Side are as shy as they are, as Alice found out through Evelyn Dearie.
1920, Mary Heaton Vorse, Growing Up:
- (intransitive) To socialize in confidentiality.
- (intransitive) To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fraternized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fraternized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fraternizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fraternise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fraternizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fraternizer · unfraternizing · fraternizable
Relateds
fraternization · fraternizing · fraternisation · fraternal · sororize · fraternity · frat · fratricide
Translations (21)
pl zbratać się (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · sv fraternisera (to associate as friends with an enemy) · pl bratać się (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · bg побратимявам се (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · ro înfrăți (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · ru брататься (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · es fraternizar (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · ro fraterniza (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · fr fraterniser (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · fi veljeillä (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · sv förbrödra (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · fr fraterniser (to associate as friends with an enemy) · fi veljeillä (to associate as friends with an enemy) · de sich verbrüdern (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · mk збратими (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · de fraternisieren (to associate as friends with an enemy) · kmr biratî kirin (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · ca fraternitzar (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · mi whakauruuru (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · eo interfratiĝi (to associate with others in a brotherly manner) · kmr biratî kirin (to associate as friends with an enemy)