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sororal

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /səˈɹɔːɹ(ə)l/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /səˈɹɔɹəl/
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterlike, sisterly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sororial

Antonyms: nonsororal, unsisterlike, unsisterly

2

adj

Meaning 2

Related through a sister.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Examples

  • sororal nephew

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

like or characteristic of or befitting a sister

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • sisterly kindness
  • sororal concern

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sisterly, sisterlike

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h1ésh2r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h1ésh2-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Proto-Italic *swezōr Latin soror Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English sororal From Latin soror (“sister”) + English -al (adjectival suffix).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُخْتِيّ (ʔuḵtiyy) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Armenian: քույրական (kʻuyrakan) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Belarusian: сястры́нскі (sjastrýnski) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Bulgarian: се́стрински (séstrinski) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姐妹 (jiěmèi) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Chinese Mandarin: 姊妹 — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Czech: sesterský — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Dutch: zusterlijk — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Finnish: sisarellinen — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • French: sororal — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • French: sororel — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • French: de sœur — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • German: schwesterlich — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • German: geschwisterlich — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Japanese: 姉妹 (shimai) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Latin: sorōrius — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Macedonian: сестрински (sestrinski) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Persian: خواهرانه (xâharâne) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Persian: خواهَرِی (xâhari) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Polish: siostrzany — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Romanian: de soră — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Russian: се́стринский (séstrinskij) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐстрӣнскӣ — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Serbo-Croatian: sèstrīnskī — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Slovak: sesterský — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Spanish: sororal — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Tajik: хоҳарона (xoharona) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Ukrainian: сестри́нський (sestrýnsʹkyj) — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Volapük: sörik — of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters
  • Finnish: sisaren kautta — related through a sister
  • Finnish: sisarenpuoleinen — related through a sister
  • Spanish: sororal — related through a sister