"syster" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} syster
  1. Alternative form of suster Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: suster
    Sense id: en-syster-enm-noun-9EGZ74c7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /²sʏstɛr/ Forms: systera [definite, singular], systrer [indefinite, plural], systrene [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Historical inflection of syster, Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
Etymology: From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Akin to English sister. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|systir}} Old Norse systir, {{inh|nn|gmq-pro|ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ}} Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*swestēr}} Proto-Germanic *swestēr, {{inh|nn|ine-pro|*swésōr||sister}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”), {{cog|en|sister}} English sister Inflection templates: {{nn-noun-infl|1901a=ei syster|1901b=systeri|1901c=syster (systrar)|1901d=systerne (systrane)|1917b=systera, systeri|1938b=systera 􂀿systeri􂁀|1938c=systrer|1938d=systrene|2012a=ei syster|2012b=systera|2012c=systrer|2012d=systrene}}
  1. sister (female with same parents) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-syster-nn-noun-491lCJaI Disambiguation of Female family members: 31 31 35 2
  2. sister (a female member of a religious community) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Family, Family members, Female family members
    Sense id: en-syster-nn-noun-02meLtiv Disambiguation of Family: 2 66 0 32 Disambiguation of Family members: 17 46 15 22 Disambiguation of Female family members: 31 31 35 2
  3. a female nurse Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-syster-nn-noun-mZnscP1i Disambiguation of Female family members: 31 31 35 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: søster Derived forms: systerskip
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /ˈsʏstər/
Etymology: From Old Norse systr, from Proto-Germanic *swistriz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|systr}} Old Norse systr, {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*swistriz}} Proto-Germanic *swistriz Head templates: {{head|nn|noun form}} syster
  1. indefinite plural of syster, alternative form of systrer Tags: form-of, indefinite, plural Form of: syster, alternative form of systrer
    Sense id: en-syster-nn-noun-7TEEGPvF Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: søster
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Swedish]

IPA: /ˈsʏsːtɛr/ Audio: Sv-syster.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish systir, from Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|systir}} Old Swedish systir, {{inh|sv|non|systir}} Old Norse systir, {{inh|sv|gmq-pro|ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ}} Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*swestēr}} Proto-Germanic *swestēr, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*swésōr||sister}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} syster c, {{sv-noun|c}} syster c Inflection templates: {{sv-decl-noun|syster|systern|systrar|systrarna|systers|systerns|systrars|systrarnas|base=syster|definitions=|gender=Common}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], syster [indefinite, nominative, singular], systern [definite, nominative, singular], systrar [indefinite, nominative, plural], systrarna [definite, nominative, plural], systers [genitive, indefinite, singular], systerns [definite, genitive, singular], systrars [genitive, indefinite, plural], systrarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a sister (woman or girl having the same parents) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-syster-sv-noun-WfbwJLQY
  2. a nurse (in particular as address) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-syster-sv-noun-LJyUcoCo Disambiguation of Occupations: 35 48 17 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 41 55 4
  3. a nun; a female member of a religious community Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-syster-sv-noun-HZ5y8iK9 Disambiguation of Female family members: 29 28 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: syrra [colloquial]
Related terms: faster, halvsyster, moster, sjuksyster, styvsyster, syrra, systerbarn, systerbolag, systerdotter, systerfartyg, systerförening, systerföretag, systerkaka, systerkyrka, systerlig, systerorganisation, systerparti, systerprojekt, systerskap, systerskara, systerson

Inflected forms

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            "Family members",
            "Female people",
            "Family",
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "a nun; a female member of a religious community"
      ],
      "id": "en-syster-sv-noun-HZ5y8iK9",
      "links": [
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
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        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʏsːtɛr/"
    },
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      "audio": "Sv-syster.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Sv-syster.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
{
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    "sv:Occupations"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "suster"
        }
      ],
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of suster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suster",
          "suster#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
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    "nn:Family",
    "nn:Family members",
    "nn:Female family members",
    "sv:Female family members",
    "sv:Occupations"
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swésōr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sister"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sister"
      },
      "expansion": "English sister",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "systera",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systrer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systrene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nn-noun-infl\n",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Historical inflection of syster",
      "source": "inflection"
    },
    {
      "form": "Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official",
      "source": "inflection"
    },
    {
      "form": "but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.",
      "source": "inflection"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "1901b": "systeri",
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        "1901d": "systerne (systrane)",
        "1917b": "systera, systeri",
        "1938b": "systera 􂀿systeri􂁀",
        "1938c": "systrer",
        "1938d": "systrene",
        "2012a": "ei syster",
        "2012b": "systera",
        "2012c": "systrer",
        "2012d": "systrene"
      },
      "name": "nn-noun-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I got a sister when I was three.",
          "text": "Eg fekk ei syster då eg var tre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sister (female with same parents)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sister (a female member of a religious community)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a female nurse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nurse",
          "nurse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²sʏstɛr/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "søster"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syster"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "nn:Family",
    "nn:Family members",
    "nn:Female family members",
    "sv:Female family members",
    "sv:Occupations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "systr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse systr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swistriz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swistriz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse systr, from Proto-Germanic *swistriz.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "syster",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Forms linking to themselves",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk superseded forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "syster"
        },
        {
          "word": "alternative form of systrer"
        }
      ],
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        "indefinite plural of syster, alternative form of systrer"
      ],
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        [
          "syster",
          "syster#Norwegian Nynorsk"
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          "systrer",
          "systrer#Norwegian Nynorsk"
        ]
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        "form-of",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʏstər/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "søster"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Norse",
    "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Swedish terms with audio links",
    "sv:Female family members",
    "sv:Occupations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "systir"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "systir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse systir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swestēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swestēr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*swésōr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sister"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish systir, from Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-noun-irreg-c",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "syster",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systrarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systerns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systrars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "systrarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "syster c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "syster c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syster",
        "2": "systern",
        "3": "systrar",
        "4": "systrarna",
        "5": "systers",
        "6": "systerns",
        "7": "systrars",
        "8": "systrarnas",
        "base": "syster",
        "definitions": "",
        "gender": "Common"
      },
      "name": "sv-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "faster"
    },
    {
      "word": "halvsyster"
    },
    {
      "word": "moster"
    },
    {
      "word": "sjuksyster"
    },
    {
      "word": "styvsyster"
    },
    {
      "word": "syrra"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerbarn"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerbolag"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerdotter"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerfartyg"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerförening"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerföretag"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerkaka"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerkyrka"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerlig"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerorganisation"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerparti"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerprojekt"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerskap"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerskara"
    },
    {
      "word": "systerson"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "a sister (woman or girl having the same parents)"
      ],
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        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a nurse (in particular as address)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nurse",
          "nurse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a nun; a female member of a religious community"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nun",
          "nun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʏsːtɛr/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-syster.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/Sv-syster.ogg/Sv-syster.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Sv-syster.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "syrra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "syster"
}

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