sorority

Meaning

1. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
2. (Philippines, US) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Synonyms

sisterhood

fraternity

club

clubhouse

sistership

Translations

sororité

sororidade

sororidad

hermandad de mujeres

Schwesternschaft

Schwesterlichkeit

sororità

Verbindung von College-Studentinnen

αδελφότητα

γυναικεία αδελφότης

γυναικεία αδελφότητα

σύλλογος φοιτητριών

associazione

società

sorellanza

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈrɒrɪti/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: sororidad

Cognate with Portuguese: sororidade

Cognate with French: sororité

In summary

PIE word
*swésōr
From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.