🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

sororidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sororidade

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sorority/səˈrɔːrɪti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela se juntou a uma sororidade para socializar."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A society for female students in a university or college, typically for social purposes.

    "She joined a sorority to meet new friends and participate in community service."
  2. 2

    The collective body of women members of such a society.

    "The sorority held its annual charity event to raise funds for local shelters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'sorority' originates from the Latin word 'soror', meaning 'sister', combined with the suffix '-ity', which denotes a state or condition. It emerged in the early 20th century in the United States as a designation for female student organizations in colleges and universities.

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