sibling

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
2. A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
3. The most closely related species, or one of several most closely related species when none can be determined to be more closely related.

Sinonieme

brother

👨‍👦

sister

👩‍👧

sib

cousin

older brother

younger sibling

older sister

brethren

kinsman

relative

younger

female sibling

parallel cousin

big brother

older sibling

bro

brothers

brothers and sisters

friend

half brother

half sister

kin

stepsister

elder brother

siblings

Vertalings

frère

👨‍👦

sœur

👩‍👧

Geschwister

hermano

👨‍👦

broer

👨‍👦

irmão

👨‍👦

zus

👩‍👧

hermana

👩‍👧

zuster

👩‍👧

fratello

👨‍👦

kardeş

soeur

irmã

👩‍👧

germà

👨‍👦

broeder

👨‍👦

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Middle English: siblynges

Verwante met Duits: Sippe

In summary

First use appears c. 1903, a modern revival of Old English sibling (“relative, a relation, kinsman”), equivalent to sib + -ling. Compare Middle English siblynges pl, sib, sibbe (“relative; kinsman”), German Sippe. The term apparently meant merely kin or relative until the 20th century when it was applied in a way that aided the study of genetics, which led to its specialized use. For example, the OED has a citation in 1902 in which sibling must be defined for those who do not know the intended meaning.