Fràui

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Frau (Basel)
• Alsatian:
  • Fràù (Sierentz [Sierenz])
  • Frài (Soultzmatt [Sulzmatt])
  • Froi (Munster (Haut-Rhin))
  • Fròi (Logelheim [Logelnheim], Colmar, Durrenentzen [Dürrenenzen], Wintzenheim [Winzenheim])
  • Fraù (Strasbourg [Straßburg])
  • Frœy (Kochersberg, Zornthal, Betschdorf)
  • Fráw (Kindwiller)
  • Frá (Wingen-sur-Moder)
• frou (Gressoney Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe from Old High German frouwa, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”) Proto-Indo-European *prōw- (“master, judge”). Cognate with German Frau, Dutch vrouwe, West Frisian frou, Icelandic freyja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔi/

• Audio:

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Noun

Fràui f

1. (Alsatian) woman