Fr.

See also: fr, Fr, FR, Fr⁺⁶, and fr.

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Fr.

  1. (law) Abbreviation of France.
  2. Abbreviation of Friday.

Usage notes

(France): This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Geographical Terms: Foreign countries and regions", Table T10.3, p. 438-443.

Noun

Fr.

  1. Abbreviation of Father, a title given to priests.

Usage notes

In formal contexts, Rev. is often preferred.

Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Proper noun

Fr.

  1. Abbreviation of Frans.

German

Noun

Fr.

  1. Abbreviation of Frau (“Mistress, Mrs, woman, wife”).
  2. Abbreviation of Freitag (“Friday”).
  3. Abbreviation of Franken (“(Swiss) franc”).

See also

(Frau): Frl.

(Freitag): Mo., Di., Mi., Do., Sa., So.

Further reading
  • “Fr.” in Duden online
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