English → Latin
“fraternity” in Latin
frāternitāsbrotherhoodgermānitāsbrotherhood, sisterhood, relationship between siblings; affinity, similarity, resemblancesodālitāsclose association, fellowship, brotherhood; an association, club, society; a groupcollēgiumcolleagueship, (connection of associates, colleagues, etc.); guild, corporation, company, society, college (concrete defcorpusbody, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person"); substance, material (physical, perceptibl
The English word fraternity itself goes back to Latin frāter, through frāternitās.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fraternity
fraternitas (post-Augustan): necessitudo fraterna: germanitas (i. e., the connection between brothers, etc.): sodalitas: sodalitium (close or intimate connection between friends; comradeship): collegium: corpus (a brotherhood; association of persons holding the same office, etc.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fraternity?
- The usual Latin words for “fraternity” are frāternitās, germānitās, sodālitās; also collēgium, corpus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.