Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) sister
  2. (feminine) nun

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sœʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer (nominative), from Latin soror (cf. also the Old French oblique form seror from the Latin accusative sorōrem), from Proto-Italic *swezōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

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