Brother – le frère

(Pronounced frair (rhymes with air))

To remember that Brother is pronounced frair (frère) in French, use the following mnemonic:

My brother can stay underwater for ages before coming for air (frère).

Of course, frère is masculine, so it’s le frère. It’s so obvious that frère is masculine that we don’t need our early learner to remind you!

Examples of frère (brother) in a sentence

Mon frère aîné habite à Paris.

(My older brother lives in Paris.)

Ça va, mon frère?

(How are you, brother?)

Il est comme un frère pour moi.

(He is like a brother to me.)