Translations for „frat“ in the English » German Dictionary

frat [Am fræt] N Am inf

frat short for fraternity

frat

Verbindung f

See also fraternity

fra·ter·nity [frəˈtɜ:nəti, Am -ˈtɜ:rnət̬i] N

1. fraternity no pl (feeling):

fraternity

Brüderlichkeit f

liberty, equality, fraternity

Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit

2. fraternity + sing/pl vb (group of people):

fraternity

Vereinigung f

fraternity

Zunft f hum inf

the criminal/legal/medical fraternity

die Kriminellen pl /Juristen pl /Ärzteschaft f

3. fraternity + sing/pl vb Am UNIV (of male students):

fraternity

Burschenschaft f

frat-boy [Am ˈfrætbɔɪ] N Am

frat-boy UNIV pej:

frat-boy inf

ein Student, der viel trinkt und ständig hinter Frauen her ist (eine Eigenschaft, die typischerweise mit Mitgliedern mancher Studentenverbindungen ('fraternity') an am. oder kanad. Universitäten verbunden wird)

frat house N

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frat house (fraternity house) Am inf

Verbindungshaus nt

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English

The members of a student fraternity can be called frat(ernity) boys, technically preferable to the pleonasm frat-bro(ther), and remain so for life as adults, after graduation.

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With a new haircut and new popularity, he is invited to join the frat.

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In fact, none of the writers you are profiling in your article was in a frat.

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There they run into a bunch of partying frat boys who force them to jump into the quarry naked.

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