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sister
CEFRA1
/ˈsɪs.tə(ɹ)/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informal) a nun.
Examples
My sister and I do not look alike.
While eating a pizza he was annoying his sister.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through the same biological sex, gender or common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.
More examples
In contextYou may have mistaken Jane for his sister.
Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
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Origin
noun
Doublet of soror. Cognate with Scots sister, syster (“sister”), West Frisian sus, suster (“sister”), Dutch zuster (“sister”), German Schwester (“sister”), Norwegian Bokmål søster (“sister”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish syster (“sister”), Icelandic systir (“sister”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 (swistar, “sister”), Latin soror (“sister”), Russian сестра́ (sestrá, “sister”), Lithuanian sesuo (“sister”), Albanian vajzë (“girl, maiden”), Sanskrit स्वसृ (svásṛ, “sister”), Persian خواهر (xâhar, “sister”). In standard English, the form with i is due to contamination with Old Norse systir (“sister”). The plural sistren is from Middle English sistren, a variant plural of sister, suster (“sister”); compa...