"sœur" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /sœʁ/ Audio: Fr-sœur.ogg Forms: sœurs [plural]
Rhymes: -œʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer (nominative), from Latin soror (cf. also the Old French oblique form seror from the Latin accusative sorōrem), from Proto-Italic *swezōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|soeur|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French soeur, {{inh+|fr|frm|soeur}} Inherited from Middle French soeur, {{inh|fr|fro|suer}} Old French suer, {{inh|fr|la|soror}} Latin soror, {{m|fro|seror}} seror, {{m|la|sorōrem}} sorōrem, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*swezōr}} Proto-Italic *swezōr, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*swésōr}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} sœur f (plural sœurs)
  1. sister Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-sœur-fr-noun-GYDTkn8H Disambiguation of Female family members: 52 48 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (Christianity) nun Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Christianity, Family, Female family members, Monasticism Synonyms: nonne, religieuse
    Sense id: en-sœur-fr-noun-5m-eZES0 Disambiguation of Family: 0 100 Disambiguation of Female family members: 52 48 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 13 87 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soeur, seure Hyponyms: sœurette Derived forms: âme sœur, avez-vous des frères et sœurs, belle-sœur, bonne sœur, petite sœur, quasi-sœur, république sœur Related terms: frangine, frèsœur [neologism]

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          "text": "Bonjour, ma sœur.",
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          "text": "Comment allez-vous, sœur Marie ?",
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