Phrase guide

younger 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 younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: little sister, kid sister

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: トゥレㇱ (tures) — Translations
  • Ainu: マタキ (mataki) — Translations
  • Southern Altai: сыйын (sïyïn) — Translations
  • Assamese: ভনী (bhoni) — Translations
  • Bashkir: һеңле (heñle) — Translations
  • Bashkir: һылыу (hılıw) — Translations
  • Bengali: বোন (bōn) — Translations
  • Burmese: ညီမ (nyima.) — Translations
  • Catalan: germana petita — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 細妹 /细妹 — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 妹 — Translations
  • Chinese: мыймый (mɨymɨy) — Translations
  • Chinese: 小妹 (zh-min-nan) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妹妹 (mèimèi) — Translations
  • Wu Chinese: 妹妹 — Translations
  • Wu Chinese: 阿妹 (7aq-me) — Translations
  • Finnish: pikkusisko — Translations
  • French: petite sœur — Translations
  • French: sœur cadette — Translations
  • German: kleine Schwester — Translations
  • Greenlandic: najak — Translations
  • Greenlandic: nuka — Translations
  • Hindi: अनुजा (anujā) — Translations
  • Hindi: छोटी बहन (choṭī bahan) — Translations
  • Hungarian: húg — Translations
  • Indonesian: adik perempuan — Translations
  • Inuktitut: ᓇᔭᒃ (nayak) — Translations
  • Japanese: 妹 (imōto) — Translations
  • Japanese: 妹さん (imōto san) — Translations
  • Javanese: nduk — Translations
  • Kapampangan: wali — Translations
  • Kapampangan: nang — Translations
  • Khmer: ប្អូនស្រី (pʼoun srəy) — Translations
  • Korean: 여동생 (yeodongsaeng) — Translations
  • Korean: 누이동생 (nu'idongsaeng) — Translations
  • Korean: 동생 (dongsaeng) — Translations
  • Northern Kurdish: xweng — Translations
  • Lao: ນ້ອງສາວ (nǭng sāo) — Translations
  • Macedonian: помала сестра (pomala sestra) — Translations
  • Macedonian: помлада сестра (pomlada sestra) — Translations
  • Malayalam: അനുജത്തി (anujatti) — Translations
  • Malayalam: അനിയത്തി (aniyatti) — Translations
  • Manchu: ᠨᠣᠨ (non) — Translations
  • Mongolian: дүү (düü) — Translations
  • Nanai: нэку (neku) — Translations
  • Polish: młodsza siostra — Translations
  • Portuguese: irmã mais nova — Translations
  • Russian: мла́дшая сестра́ (mládšaja sestrá) — Translations
  • Russian: сестрёнка (sestrjónka) — Translations
  • Salar: siñil — Translations
  • Salar: siñni — Translations
  • Sanskrit: अनुजा (anujā) — Translations
  • Spanish: hermana menor — Translations
  • Spanish: hermana pequeña — Translations
  • Spanish: hermanita — Translations
  • Swedish: lillasyster — Translations
  • Tagalog: nenè — Translations
  • Tamil: தங்கை (taṅkai) — Translations
  • Tamil: தங்கைச்சி (taṅkaicci) — Translations
  • Thai: น้องสาว (nɔ́ɔng-sǎao) — Translations
  • Tibetan: ནུ་མོ (nu mo) — Translations
  • Tibetan: འོག་མ ('og ma) — Translations
  • Tibetan: ཨོ་ལགས — Translations
  • Turkish: kız kardeş — Translations
  • Turkish: bacı — Translations
  • Turkmen: bajy — Translations
  • Urdu: بَھینا (bhainā) — Translations
  • Urdu: بَہْنا (bahnā) — Translations
  • Uyghur: سىڭىل (si'ngil) — Translations
  • Uzbek: singil — Translations
  • Vietnamese: em — Translations
  • Vietnamese: em gái — Translations
  • Woiwurrung: banban — Translations
  • Yup'ik: nayagaq — Translations