Phrase guide

older sister

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: サポ (sapo) — single-word translations
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: せざ (seza) — single-word translations
  • Chungli Ao: teyi — single-word translations
  • Assamese: বা (ba) — single-word translations
  • Assamese: বাই (bai) — single-word translations
  • Assamese: বাইদেউ (baideu) — single-word translations
  • Baba Malay: taci — single-word translations
  • Bengali: বুবু (bubu) — single-word translations
  • Bengali: আপা (apa) — single-word translations
  • Bengali: দিদি (didi) — single-word translations
  • Central Bikol: manay — single-word translations
  • Bulgarian: ка́ка (káka) — single-word translations
  • Burmese: အမ (a.ma.) — single-word translations
  • Burmese: အစ်မ (acma.) — single-word translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 家姐 — single-word translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 姐姐 — single-word translations
  • Chinese: җеҗе (jiəjiə) — single-word translations
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 依姐 — single-word translations
  • Chinese: 大姊 (tōa-chí) — single-word translations
  • Chinese: 阿姊 (zh-min-nan) — single-word translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姐姐 (jiějie) — single-word translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姊姊 (zǐzǐ) — single-word translations
  • Wu Chinese: 姐姐 — single-word translations
  • Wu Chinese: 阿姐 — single-word translations
  • Chuvash: йӑмӑк (jămăk) — single-word translations
  • Danish: storesøster — single-word translations
  • Central Dusun: taka — single-word translations
  • Ewe: daa — single-word translations
  • Greenlandic: aleqaq — single-word translations
  • Greenlandic: aleqa — single-word translations
  • Hachijō: あねい (anei) — single-word translations
  • Hachijō: いんね (inne) — single-word translations
  • Hindi: अग्रजा (agrajā) — single-word translations
  • Hindi: दीदी (dīdī) — single-word translations
  • Hindi: दी (dī) — single-word translations
  • Hindi: जीजी (jījī) — single-word translations
  • Hungarian: nővér — single-word translations
  • Hungarian: néne — single-word translations
  • Ilocano: manang — single-word translations
  • Indonesian: kakak — single-word translations
  • Italian: tata — single-word translations
  • Japanese: 姉 (ane) — single-word translations
  • Japanese: お姉さん (onēsan) — single-word translations
  • Japanese: 姉ちゃん (nēchan) — single-word translations
  • Japanese: 姉上 (aneue) — single-word translations
  • Javanese: mbak — single-word translations
  • Kalmyk: эгч (egç) — single-word translations
  • Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ (akka) — single-word translations
  • Kapampangan: atsi — single-word translations
  • Kapampangan: achi — single-word translations
  • Korean: 누나 (nuna) — single-word translations
  • Korean: 언니 (eonni) — single-word translations
  • Kunigami: しじゃー (shijā) — single-word translations
  • Northern Kurdish: xûç — single-word translations
  • Kyrgyz: эже (eje) — single-word translations
  • Lao: ເອື້ອຍ (ē ʼư̄ ʼa nya) — single-word translations
  • Malay: kakak — single-word translations
  • Malayalam: ചേച്ചി (cēcci) — single-word translations
  • Māori: tuahine — single-word translations
  • Māori: tuakana — single-word translations
  • Eastern Mari: ака (aka) — single-word translations
  • Mongolian: эгч (egč) — single-word translations
  • Khiamniungan Naga: nòu — single-word translations
  • O'du: ơi — single-word translations
  • Okinawan: しーじゃ (shīja) — single-word translations
  • Okinawan: しーじゃをぅない (shīja wunai) — single-word translations
  • Okinawan: 女子しーじゃ (winagu shīja) — single-word translations
  • Okinawan: うふあばー (ufu abā) — single-word translations
  • Okinawan: うふんみー (ufunmī) — single-word translations
  • Pangasinan: atsing — single-word translations
  • Polish: starsza siostra — single-word translations
  • Punjabi: باجی (bājī) — single-word translations
  • Sinhalese: අක්කා (akkā) — single-word translations
  • Sotho: ausi — single-word translations
  • Spanish: ñaña — single-word translations
  • Sundanese: tétéh — single-word translations
  • Sundanese: raka — single-word translations
  • Tagalog: ate — single-word translations
  • Tamil: அக்கா (akkā) — single-word translations
  • Tamil: அக்கை (akkai) — single-word translations
  • Tamil: அக்காள் (akkāḷ) — single-word translations
  • Tamil: தமக்கை (tamakkai) — single-word translations
  • Taos: tùtúna — single-word translations
  • Tatar: апа (apa) — single-word translations
  • Tày: á — single-word translations
  • Telugu: అక్క (akka) — single-word translations
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ལྕག (a lcag) — single-word translations
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ལྕགས (a lcags) — single-word translations
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ཅག (a cag) — single-word translations
  • Tibetan: ཨ་ལྕག་ལགས — single-word translations
  • Turkish: abla — single-word translations
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجی (eci) — single-word translations
  • Urdu: آپا (āpā) — single-word translations
  • Urdu: آپی (āpī) — single-word translations
  • Urdu: باجی (bājī) — single-word translations
  • Urdu: دیدی (dīdī) — single-word translations
  • Uyghur: ئاچا (acha) — single-word translations
  • Uyghur: ھەدە (hede) — single-word translations
  • Uzbek: opa — single-word translations
  • Vietnamese: chị — single-word translations
  • Woiwurrung: landan — single-word translations
  • Yaeyama: しじゃ (shija) — single-word translations
  • Yonaguni: すだ (suda) — single-word translations
  • Yucatec Maya: kiik — single-word translations
  • Afrikaans: ousus — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Ahom: 𑜆𑜣 𑜏𑜰𑜫 (pī s0) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Arabic: الْأُخْت الْكُبْرَى (al-ʔuḵt al-kubrā) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Arabic: الشَّقِيقَة الْكُبْرَى (aš-šaqīqa al-kubrā) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Bengali: দিদি ভাই (didi bhai) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Catalan: germana gran — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Danish: storesøster — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Dutch: oudere zus — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Finnish: isosisko — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • French: sœur aînée — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • French: grande sœur — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • German: große Schwester — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Greek: μεγάλη αδερφή (megáli aderfí) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Gujarati: મોટી બહેન (moṭī bahen) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Hindi: बड़ी बहन (baṛī bahan) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Khmer: បងស្រី (bɑɑng srəy) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Macedonian: постара сестра (postara sestra) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Malayalam: മൂത്ത സഹോദരി (mūtta sahōdari) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Marathi: ताई (tāī) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Marathi: मोठी बहिण (moṭhī bahiṇ) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: storesøster — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Polish: starsza siostra — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Portuguese: irmã mais velha — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Russian: ста́ршая сестра́ (stáršaja sestrá) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Spanish: hermana mayor — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Swedish: storasyster — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Tamil: மூத்த சகோதரி (mūtta cakōtari) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Thai: พี่สาว (pîi-sǎao) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Urdu: بڑی بہن (baṛī bahan) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Vietnamese: chị gái — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Wiradjuri: mingaan — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations