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/
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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