frate, pl. frati (It.), a friar, a mendicant Franciscan.

Frau (Ger.), dame, married woman, wife.

Fräulein (Ger.), miss, unmarried woman, German governess.

fraus est celare fraudem (L.), it is a fraud to conceal a fraud.

fraus pia (L.), a pious fraud.

fredaine (Fr.), escapade, prank.

friand, fem. friande (Fr.), dainty, delicate: an epicure.

frigidarium (L.), the cold swimming-tank of a bath-house.

frijol, pl. frijoles (Sp.), French beans.

friponnerie (Fr.), knavery, roguishness.