sister
/ˈsɪstə/
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Translation
A girl or woman who has the same parents as you.
Word origin
From Old Norse systir, the word for a female child of the same parents.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- systir
Grammar
Gender
Pluralsisters
Examples
younger .
"Sister" means a girl with the same parents as you.
.
"Sister" here means the female child in the family.
three .
"Sisters" is the plural, meaning more than one sister.
A sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you. If you and another child have the same mother and father, and that child is a girl, she is your sister. You can have one sister, many sisters, or none.
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