Feminine
sœur
Sentences
Meaning
- (feminine) sister
- (feminine) nun
Concepts
younger brother and sister
נ
elder sister
be siblings
brothers and sisters
Synonyms
frère cadet
frère aîné
sœur cadette
réligieuse
sœur aînée
Sister
sœur fratrie
frères et sœurs
nonnain
Translations
Frequency
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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