Frau
[ frou; English frou ]
/ fraʊ; English fraʊ /
noun, plural Frau·en [frou-uhn], /ˈfraʊ ən/, English Fraus [frouz]. /fraʊz/. German.
a married woman; a wife.
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a married woman, corresponding to Mrs.
QUIZZES
DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!
We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby Frau
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for Frau
British Dictionary definitions for Frau
Frau
/ (fraʊ) /
noun plural Frauen (ˈfraʊən) or Fraus
a married German woman: usually used as a title equivalent to Mrs and sometimes extended to older unmarried women
Word Origin for Frau
from Old High German frouwa; related to Dutch vrouw
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012