"sorority" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sororities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti Etymology: From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|sorōritās}} Latin sorōritās, {{der|en|la|soror||sister}} Latin soror (“sister”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*swésōr}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr, {{cog|es|sororidad}} Spanish sororidad, {{cog|pt|sororidade}} Portuguese sororidade, {{cog|fr|sororité}} French sororité Head templates: {{en-noun}} sorority (plural sororities)
  1. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood. Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose): сестринство (sestrinstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 婦女聯誼會 (Chinese Mandarin), 妇女联谊会 (fùnǚliányíhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), sesterstvo [neuter] (Czech), dívčí spolek [masculine] (Czech), sisarkunta (Finnish), sisaristo (Finnish), naisyhdistys (Finnish), tyttökerho (Finnish), seathras [masculine] (Irish), сестринство (sestrinstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), stowarzyszenie kobiet [neuter] (Polish), sororidade [feminine] (Portuguese), irmandade [feminine] (Portuguese), сестринство (sestrinstvo) (Russian), sororidad (Spanish), systerskap (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sorority-en-noun-HDHqKnQ6 Disambiguation of Collectives: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'group of women or girls associated for a common purpose': 89 11
  2. (US) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. Tags: US Categories (topical): Collectives, Culture Synonyms: srat Translations (social organization of female students at a college or university): sororitat [feminine] (Catalan), 女學生聯誼會 (Chinese Mandarin), 女学生联谊会 (nǚxuéshēngliányíhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), sisarkunta (Finnish), naisyhdistys (Finnish), sororité [feminine] (French), Verbindung von College-Studentinnen [feminine] (German), Schwesternschaft [feminine] (German), seathras [masculine] (Irish), сестринство (sestrinstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), korporacja studentek [feminine] (Polish), sororidad (Spanish), chwaeroliaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sorority-en-noun-l2fz7O7n Disambiguation of Collectives: 49 51 Disambiguation of Culture: 0 100 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'social organization of female students at a college or university': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: women's fraternity Related terms: fraternity

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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verbindung von College-Studentinnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwesternschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seathras"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sestrinstvo",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сестринство"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "korporacja studentek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "word": "sororidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwaeroliaeth"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sorority"
  ],
  "word": "sorority"
}

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