sororal

English

Etymology

From Latin soror (“sister”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹɔːɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

sororal

1. Of or pertaining to a sister.
2. Related through someone's sister.

   a sororal nephew

Synonyms

• sisterly

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “with regard to gender”): fraternal
• (antonym(s) of “with regard to heredity”): maternal, paternal

Derived terms

• sororal nephew
• sororal niece
• sororal twin

 

Translations

of or pertaining to a sister

• Arabic: أُخْتِيّ (ʔuḵtiyy)
• Armenian: քույրական (hy) (kʻuyrakan)
• Belarusian: сястры́нскі (sjastrýnski)
• Bulgarian: се́стрински (séstrinski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 姊妹 (zh) (zǐmèi), 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi)

• Czech: sesterský
• Finnish: sisarellinen
• French: de sœur (fr), sororal (fr), sororel (fr)
• German: schwesterlich (de), geschwisterlich (de)
• Japanese: 姉妹 (ja) (しまい, shimai)
• Macedonian: сестрински (sestrinski)
• Polish: siostrzany (pl)
• Romanian: de soră (ro)
• Russian: се́стринский (ru) (séstrinskij)
• Slovak: sesterský
• Spanish: sororal
• Ukrainian: сестри́нський (sestrýnsʹkyj)

related through someone's sister

• Finnish: sisaren kautta (adverbial expression), sisarenpuoleinen
• Spanish: sororal

French

Alternative forms

• sororel

Etymology

From Latin soror (“sister”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

sororal (feminine sororale, masculine plural sororaux, feminine plural sororales)

1. (rare) sororal

Further reading

• “sororal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɾoˈɾal/ [so.ɾoˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: so‧ro‧ral

Adjective

sororal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sororales)

1. sororal

Further reading

• “sororal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16