Sister - English meaning

Sister – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents.
Usage examples:
I had nine brothers and sisters
Synonims:
Female siblingSisSkin and blister
noun
A female friend or associate, especially a female fellow member of a trade union or other organization.
Usage examples:
Textile unions are showing solidarity with their brothers and sisters in the developing world
Synonims:
ComradeFriendPartnerAssociateColleague
noun
A member of a religious order of women.
Usage examples:
The sisters announced that there would be a special rosary every morning
Synonims:
NunNoviceAbbessPrioressMother superiorReverend motherBride of christReligiousConventualContemplativeCanonessVestalAnchoressAncressVowess
noun
A senior female nurse, typically in charge of a ward.
Usage examples:
The ward sister needs to be consulted
noun
Denoting an organization or place that bears a relationship to another of common origin or allegiance or mutual association.
Usage examples:
Securicor and its sister company securicor services

noun
A female who has the same parents as another person
Usage examples:
An older/younger sister, a sorority sister

adjective
Used to describe one of the organizations or companies in a pair or group of similar organizations when referring to it in relation to the others
Usage examples:
The competition is being run in conjunction with our sister publication money observer., sister com…

Sister translation into English

Sister: translate from English into Chinese

姐姐, 妹妹, 姐, 修女, 妹, 姊姊, 姊, 嬃

Sister: translate from English into Dutch

Zus, Zuster

Sister: translate from English into French

Sœur, Femme, Infirmière, Bonne sœur, Madame, Mademoiselle

Sister: translate from English into German

Schwester, Schwesterschiff, Ordensschwester, Oberschwester, Kollegin

Sister: translate from English into Hindi

बहन, बहिन, सिस्टर, नर्स, उपचारिका, परिचारिका, मठवासिनी, धर्मभगिनी

Sister: translate from English into Italian

Sorella, Suora, Caposala

Sister: translate from English into Korean

자매, 여자 형제, 아가씨, 여자 친구, 동급 여학생, 간호사, 동종의 것, 자매의, 동형의 것

Sister: translate from English into Russian

Сестра, Сестренка, Сестринский, Родственный, Монахиня, Девушка, Парный, Старшая медицинская сестра, Член религиозной общины

Sister: translate from English into Spanish

Hermana, Monja, Mujer, Enfermera jefe

Word origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zuster and German Schwester, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin soror .

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Sister synonims

abbess

ˈæb.es

noun
A woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.
Usage examples:
Abbots, abbesses and bishops were buried with their croziers, the pastoral staffs symbolic of their…

noun
A woman who is in charge of a convent

Abbess - all meanings in English

associate

əˈsəʊ.si.eɪt

verb
Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.
Usage examples:
I associated wealth with freedom

noun
A partner or companion in business or at work.
Usage examples:
A close associate of the minister

adjective
Connected with an organization or business.
Usage examples:
An associate company

Associate - all meanings in English

colleague

ˈkɒl.iːɡ

noun
A person with whom one works in a profession or business.
Usage examples:
She thanked her colleagues in the federation for their work this year

noun
One of a group of people who work together
Usage examples:
He always got along well with his colleagues in the university.

noun
A person that you work with
Usage examples:
He has a good working relationship with colleagues.

Colleague - all meanings in English

comrade

ˈkɒm.reɪd

noun
(among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization.
Usage examples:
An old college comrade

noun
A friend, especially one who you have been involved in difficult or dangerous, usually military, activities with
Usage examples:
Many of his comrades were killed in the battle.

noun
A member of the same political group, especially a communist or socialist group or a trade union
Usage examples:
I know my opinion is shared by many of my comrades in the labour movement., [ as form of address ] …

Comrade - all meanings in English

contemplative

kənˈtem.plə.tɪv

adjective
Expressing or involving prolonged thought.
Usage examples:
She regarded me with a contemplative eye

noun
A person whose life is devoted primarily to prayer, especially in a monastery or convent.
Usage examples:
Asked why, the rabbi responded: ‘how many of your bishops are contemplatives?’

adjective
Involving quiet and serious thought for a period of time
Usage examples:
Her mood was calm and contemplative., people began to listen to music in contemplative silence.

Contemplative - all meanings in English

friend

frend

noun
A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.
Usage examples:
She's a friend of mine

verb
Add (someone) to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website.
Usage examples:
I am friended by 29 people who i have not friended back

noun
A person you know well and like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family
Usage examples:
I dreamed my school friends were being chased by a whale., today i got a call from a friend of mine…

Friend - all meanings in English

novice

noun
A person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.
Usage examples:
He was a complete novice in foreign affairs

Novice - all meanings in English

nun

noun
A member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Usage examples:
A jesuit uncle, then chaplain to the seattle community of carmelite nuns, made an emergency appeal …

noun
A member of a female religious group whose members promise to obey the orders of the leader of the group, to be poor, and not to marry

Nun - all meanings in English

partner

noun
Either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity.
Usage examples:
Arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner

verb
A friendly form of address by one man to another.
Usage examples:
How you doing, partner?

noun
A timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass.
Usage examples:
The mast was not chocked at the partners as it should have been

Partner - all meanings in English

prioress

noun
A woman who is head of a house of certain orders of nuns.
Usage examples:
Benedictine authority and obedience are achieved through dialogue between a community member and he…

noun
A woman who is in charge of a priory or who is second in charge of an abbey

Prioress - all meanings in English

religious

adjective
Relating to or believing in a religion.
Usage examples:
Both men were deeply religious and moralistic

noun
A person bound by monastic vows.
Usage examples:
It was not, one would think, the normal one of a religious with a church.

adjective
Of, relating to, or involved with religion, or living and worshiping according to the beliefs of a particular religion
Usage examples:
A religious holiday, he is deeply religious.

Religious - all meanings in English

sis

noun
A person's sister (often used as a form of address).
Usage examples:
Where are you going, sis?

exclamation
Used to express disappointment, disgust, or contempt.
Usage examples:
Sis—the floor is dirty!

abbreviation
(in the uk) secret intelligence service.

Sis - all meanings in English

vestal

adjective
Relating to the roman goddess vesta.
Usage examples:
A vestal temple

noun
A vestal virgin.
Usage examples:
Whether pope meant the line to be ironic or not, the poem clearly comes down on the side of earthly…

Vestal - all meanings in English

vowess

noun
A woman who took religious vows or a vow of chastity.
Usage examples:
Her chapter concerning the library of the london vowess margery de nerford also discusses the event…

Vowess - all meanings in English

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