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English

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Etymology
From OE. term|sweoster, from proto|Germanic|swistr-, from proto|Indo-European|swes�r.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian swester, Old Saxon swestar (Dutch zuster), Old High German swester (German Schwester), Gothic �������.

Indo-European cognates: Latin soror, Old Irish siur (Welsh chwaer), Old Church Slavonic �е���а (Russian �е���а), Lithuanian sesuo|sesuõ.

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/�sɪst�/, SAMPA|/"sIst@/
a|US AHD|sĭs't�r, IPA|/�sɪst�/, SAMPA|/"sIst@`/
audio|en-us-sister.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪst�(r)|-ɪst�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. a woman or girl who has the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

#:My little sister is an annoying pest.

1. a female member of a religious community; a nun.
2. UK a senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
3. any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

#:Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
#*1985, w:Eurythmics|Eurythmics and w:Aretha Franklin|Aretha Franklin, Who�s Zoomin' Who?:
#*:[song title] Sisters Are Doin� It for Themselves

1. slang a black woman
2. informal a form of address to a woman

#*What�s up, sister?

1. context|attributively Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate relationship with another

#:sister publication
#:sister city

Synonyms
sense|woman or girl with the same parents qualifier|slang sis
sense|member of religious community nun
sense|supervisory nurse charge nurse i|the male equivalent
sense|informal: form of address to a woman darling, dear, qualifier|US lady, love, miss, qualifier|northern UK pet

Derived terms
half-sister
sister city
sisterhood
sister-in-law
sisterly
sister ship
stepsister

Slovak: t-|sk|sestra|f
Slovene: t+|sl|sestra|f
Spanish: t+|es|hermana|f
Swedish: t-|sv|syster|c
Telugu: స�దరి (sOdari); ���� (akka), ����య�య (akkayya) italbrac|older; ��ల�లి (celli), ��ల�ల�ల� (cellelu) italbrac|younger
Turkish: abla italbrac|older, kız karde� italbrac|younger, bacı
Ukrainian: t|uk|�е���а|f
Upper Sorbian: t|hsb|sotra|f
Vietnamese: t+|vi|ch�|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|em|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|chế|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: chwaer f
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Slovak: t-|sk|sestra|f
Slovene: t+|sl|sestra|f
Telugu: సహ�దరి (sahOdari)
Spanish: t+|es|hermana|f
Swedish: t-|sv|syster|c
Turkish: t+|tr|hem�ire
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trans-top|senior nurse
Afrikaans: suster
Armenian: բո�ժ�ո�յ� (bužk�uyr)
Breton: klañvdiourez f
Bulgarian: меди�ин�ка �е���а (meditsinska sestra) f
Catalan: infermera f
Czech: t+|cs|sestra|f
Danish: afdelingssygeplejerske c
Dutch: t+|nl|zuster|f, t-|nl|verpleegster
Esperanto: t-|eo|flegistino|xs=Esperanto
French: t-|fr|infirmière|f
Greek: αδελ�ή νο�οκ�μα (adelfí nosokóma) f
German: Schwester f :de:Schwester|^, Krankenschwester f
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Hebrew: ���ת|�ָ��ֹת (akhót) f
Hungarian: t|hu|ápolón�, t|hu|n�vér
Interlingua: infirmera
Latvian: m�sa f, m�si�a f
Polish: t+|pl|siostra|f
Portuguese: t-|pt|enfermeira|f
Russian: t-|ru|мед�е���а|f|trmedsestrá|scCyrl, t+|ru|�е���а|f|trsestrá|scCyrl
Slovak: sestra f, sestri�ka (lit. little sister)
Slovene: (medicinska) sestra f
Swedish: t-|sv|sjuksköterska|c, t-|sv|sjuksyster|c, t-|sv|syster|c
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trans-top|any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt
Afrikaans: suster
Armenian: �ո�յ� (k�uyr)
Catalan: germana, f
Danish: t+|da|søster|c
Hebrew: ���ת|�ָ��ֹת (akhót) f
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Kurdish: KUchar|خ�شک
Lojban: mensi
Russian: t+|ru|�е���а|f|trsestrá|scCyrl
Swedish: t-|sv|medsyster
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trans-top|black woman
Bulgarian: �е�нокожа жена (�ernokoža žena) f
Catalan: germana f
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Hebrew: ���ת|�ָ��ֹת (akhót) f
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trans-top|form of address to a woman
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Kurdish: KUchar|خ�شک��
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trans-top|attributively: of an entity that has a special relationship with another
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ttbc|Bulgarian: ��оден (sroden) m, жена (žena) f
ttbc|Chinese Characters: �, 媭
ttbc|Chinese: �妹 (ji�mèi)
ttbc|Guarani: eindy (t-) italbrac|of a male; ykéra, (t-) yke (t-) italbrac|elder sister of a female; kypy'y italbrac|younger sister of a female
ttbc|Irish: deirfiúr
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ttbc|Korean: �매 (jamae), �� (nuna), �� (eonni)
ttbc|Latin: soror f
ttbc|Old English: sweoster n
ttbc|Polish: siostrzany m, siostrzana f, siostrzane n
ttbc|Romanian: sor� f
ttbc|Tupinambá: endyra (t-) italbrac|of a male; ykera (t-, t-) italbrac|older sister of a female; pyky'yra italbrac|younger sister of a female
ttbc|Turkish: bacı, kız karde�
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Verb
en-verb

1. context|transitive|construction To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

#:I�m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.

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