sister
English
/ˈsɪs.tə/, /ˈsɪs.tɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
- A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
- Any butterfly in the genus , so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
- (British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
- Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
- (slang) A black woman.
- (informal) A form of address to a woman.
- A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
- (attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
- (comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
- (usually) Something in the same class.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sister inherited from Old English swustor inherited from Proto-Germanic *swestēr (sister) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister) inherited from Middle English sistren.
Origin
Middle English
sistren
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Soroptimist English
- co-sister English
- co-sister-in-law English
- foresister English
- fucker English
- fucking English
- girl English
- god English
- godsister English
- half sister English
- half sister-in-law English
- intersister English
- mersister English
- sister-in-law English
- sister-out-law English
- sisterdom English
- sisterfucker English
- sisterfucking English
- sistergirl English
- sisterhood English
- sisterji English
- sisterless English
- sisterlike English
- sisterliness English
- sisterly English
- sistern English
- sistership English
- sororize English
- stepsister English
- stepsisterly English
- supersister English
- unsister English
- unsisterlike English
- unsisterly English
- systeri Finnish
- soror Latin
- sororicida Latin
- sororicidium Latin
- sororitas Latin
- sorōritās Latin
- Glaubensschwester German
- Kinderschwester German
- Krankenschwester German
- Milchschwester German
- Mutterschwester German
- Ordensschwester German
- Schwester German
- Schwesterchen German
- Schwestergruppe German
- Schwesterherz German
- Schwestermodell German
- Schwestersprache German
- Stiefschwester German
- Vaterschwester German
- Vatersschwester German
- Zwillingsschwester German
- schwesterlich German
- sorella Italian
- suora Italian
- bloedzuster Dutch, Flemish
- kloosterzuster Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzuster Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzuster Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingzuster Dutch, Flemish
- zuster Dutch, Flemish
- zusterliefde Dutch, Flemish
- zustermoord Dutch, Flemish
- zusterpartij Dutch, Flemish
- zusterschap Dutch, Flemish
- сестра́ Russian
- сестринский Russian
- сестринство Russian
- сестричка Russian
- sor Spanish, Castilian
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- halvsøster Norwegian Bokmål
- lillesøster Norwegian Bokmål
- stesøster Norwegian Bokmål
- storesøster Norwegian Bokmål
- svigersøster Norwegian Bokmål
- søster Norwegian Bokmål
- søsterskip Norwegian Bokmål
- soror Portuguese
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- bonussyster Swedish
- halvsyster Swedish
- medsyster Swedish
- plastsyster Swedish
- sjuksyster Swedish
- styvsyster Swedish
- syster Swedish
- systerdotter Swedish
- systerskap Swedish
- systerson Swedish
- systerspråk Swedish
- シスター Japanese
- farsyster Norwegian Nynorsk
- farsøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- halvsøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- stesøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- styksyster Norwegian Nynorsk
- styksøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- syster Norwegian Nynorsk
- systerskip Norwegian Nynorsk
- søster Norwegian Nynorsk
- søsterskip Norwegian Nynorsk
- sweostor Old English
- swustor Old English
- मातुःष्वसृ Sanskrit
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- godsuster Middle English
- half-suster, half-süster Middle English
- sister Middle English
- sisterne Middle English
- sistren Middle English
- suster-in-lawe Middle English
- susterhede Middle English
- fǫðursystir Old Norse
- systir Old Norse
- faster Danish
- halvsøster Danish
- moster Danish
- søster Danish
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- suer Old French
- föðursystir Icelandic
- hálfsystir Icelandic
- móðursystir Icelandic
- systir Icelandic
- systurdóttir Icelandic
- systursonur Icelandic
- սեստրա Armenian
- soră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- خواهر Persian
- βαΐζω Greek (modern)
- suster Indonesian
- suster Middle Dutch
- swester Old High German
- քոյր Old Armenian
- suster Afrikaans
- systir Faroese
- swëster Middle High German
- Schwëster Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- vajzë Albanian
- vajë Albanian
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- swester Old Dutch
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- 絲打 Chinese
- süster Middle Low German
- sbeistar Cimbrian
- sbestar Cimbrian
- sbéstar Cimbrian
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- swestar Old Saxon
- sorã Aromanian
- Schwöschter Alemannic German
- schweschter Alemannic German
- sòrre Occitan
- systir Old Swedish
- 시스터 Korean
- söster Westrobothnian
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- sora Romansh
- sour Romansh
- guid-sister Scots
- sister Scots
- sûr Friulian
- pusseserė Lithuanian
- sesuo Lithuanian
- įseserė Lithuanian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- swester Old Frisian
- soru Sicilian
- soreła Venetian
- sista Tok Pisin
- susa Tok Pisin
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- saur Dalmatian
- seraul Dalmatian
- *hwáhā Proto-Iranian
- Schweschder Pennsylvania German
- systær Old Danish
- sorre Sardinian
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- sora Neapolitan
- سستر Gulf Arabic
- soror Interlingua
- suèr Franco-Provençal
- szwestra Silesian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- schwester Crimean Gothic
- اِسپُسار Khowar
- sista Pijin
- sista Kriol
- sista Nigerian Pidgin
- 𐨯𐨿𐨤𐨯𐨂 Gandhari
- хор Yagnobi
- *sásā Proto-Nuristani
- sūsu Prasuni
- god
- girl
- fucker
- fucking
- sistern
- sororize
- unsister
- sisterly
- sisterji
- mersister
- sisterdom
- co-sister
- godsister
- sisterlike
- sisterless
- sistership
- foresister
- unsisterly
- sisterhood
- sistergirl
- stepsister
- Soroptimist
- intersister
- supersister
- half sister
- sisterfucker
- unsisterlike
- stepsisterly
- sisterliness
- sister-in-law
- sisterfucking
- sister-out-law
- co-sister-in-law
- half sister-in-law