English-French translations for brother

• frère
  Elle m’a demandé de regarder mon frère jumeau. She asked me to look at my twin brother.
  Monsieur le Président, il y a quelque temps, j'ai rencontré mon frère. Mr President, some time ago I met my brother.
  Il s'agit des frères Demulder à Duncaster, dans le Yorkshire. It was Demulder Brothers of Doncaster, Yorkshire.
• confrère
• fraterniser
• grand frère
  Je vois Lula, un ancien syndicaliste, comme un grand frère qui me guide et me conseille. I see Lula, a former trade union leader, as an older brother who gives me real guidance.
• pair
• petit frère
  Je n'oublierai jamais les conditions dans lesquelles je devais conduire mon petit frère de trois mois à la crèche, parce que ma mère partait tôt au travail. I shall never forget how I had to take my three month old little brother to the nursery because my mother had to go to work early.
  D'un autre côté, le budget 2012 peut être considéré comme le petit frère du paquet sur la gouvernance européenne. Il constitue le volet économique qui permettra de soutenir ce paquet politique. On the other hand, the 2012 budget is, in a sense, the 'little brother' of the European governance package, but it must provide economic support for the political package.
• semblable

Definition of brother

• Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order

Examples

• At the monastery, Brother Stephen supervises the kitchen.   Please welcome Brother Smith as he moves from his former congregation to his new congregation.
• Brother, can you spare a dime?
• The Brother Bear.
• Jacob was a Brother Grimm, and Wilhelm was a Brother Grimm.

Related words

• brother-in-law
• halfbrother
• stepbrother
• brotherhood
• brothers
• brotherly
• brother-in-arms
• brotherliness
• brotherless