fraternal

adj.

1. 1. Of or relating to brothers: a close fraternal tie.
   2. Showing comradeship; brotherly.
2. Of or constituting a fraternity: a fraternal association.
3. Biology. Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic.

[Middle English, from Old French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis, from Latin frāternus, from frāter, brother.]

fraternalism fra·ter'nal·ism n.
fraternally fra·ter'nal·ly adv.

adj

Definition: brotherly
Antonyms: sisterly

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IN BRIEF: Of or like brothers.

Fraternal twins are twins that do not look alike.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - broderlig, broder-

idioms:

• fraternal twins    toæggede tvillinger

Nederlands (Dutch)
broederlijk, broeder-, betreffende een broederorde

Français (French)
adj. - fraternel

idioms:

• fraternal twins    frères jumeaux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - brüderlich

idioms:

• fraternal twins    zweieiige Zwillinge

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδελφικός

idioms:

• fraternal twins    διζυγώτες, ετεροζυγώτες δίδυμοι (κν. ψευτοδίδυμα)

Italiano (Italian)
fraterno

idioms:

• fraternal twins    gemelli

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fraterno

idioms:

• fraternal twins    gêmeos (m pl) fraternos

Русский (Russian)
братский

idioms:

• fraternal twins    двуяйцевые близнецы

Español (Spanish)
adj. - fraternal

idioms:

• fraternal twins    mellizos

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - broderlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
兄弟的, 友爱的, 兄弟似的

idioms:

• fraternal twins    异卵双生

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 兄弟的, 友愛的, 兄弟似的

idioms:

• fraternal twins    異卵雙生

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 형제의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 兄弟の, 兄弟らしい, 友愛の, 兄弟のような

idioms:

• fraternal twins    二卵性双生児

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أخوي , ودي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של אחים, ידידותי‬

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