fraŭlino

See also: fraulino

Esperanto

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fräulein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [frawˈlino]
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  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: fraŭ‧li‧no

Noun

fraŭlino (accusative singular fraŭlinon, plural fraŭlinoj, accusative plural fraŭlinojn)

  1. unmarried woman, spinster
  2. young woman
  3. (obsolete) Miss
    • 1937, La Praktiko, quoted in Lidia, Wendy Heller, page 261:
      Fraŭlino Lidia Zamenhof (vojaĝanta al Ameriko): Nun flugas mi de loko al loko!
      Miss Lidia Zamenhof (traveling to America): Now I fly from place to place!

Usage notes

Obsolete as a title, superseded by sinjorino, which previously only referred to married women but has become generalized; still available if desired when translating titles equivalent to "Miss" in other languages. See usage notes under fraŭlo.

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