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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessœur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: soeur
"Elle est ma sœur cadette."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A female and a male/female who share the same parents or one parent.
"My sister lives in New York."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old Norse 'systir', originating from Proto-Germanic '*swistriz', which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*swésōr'. Over centuries, it replaced the Old English native term 'sweostor', maintaining its core familial meaning across Germanic languages.
10 Global Lexicons: How "Sister" is said worldwide
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sœur
Transliteration: soeur
"Elle est ma sœur cadette."
Schwester
Transliteration: Schwester
"Meine Schwester studiert Medizin."
sorella
Transliteration: sorella
"Ho una sorella maggiore."
hermana
Transliteration: hermana
"Mi hermana trabaja en un hospital."
irmã
Transliteration: irma
"Ela é minha irmã mais nova."
बहन
Transliteration: behan
"मेरी एक बहन है।"
姐姐 / 妹妹
Transliteration: jiějie / mèimei
"我有两个姐姐。"
자매
Transliteration: jamae
"그녀에게는 여동생이 한 명 있습니다."
姉妹
Transliteration: shimai
"私には妹が二人います。"
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