"half sister" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: half sisters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English halfesister, half-suster, half sister, equivalent to half- + sister. Compare Dutch halfzus, halfzuster (“half-sister”), German Halbschwester (“half-sister”), Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”), Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|halfesister}} Middle English halfesister, {{m|enm|half-suster}} half-suster, {{m|enm|half sister}} half sister, {{affix|en|half-|sister}} half- + sister, {{cog|nl|halfzus}} Dutch halfzus, {{m|nl|halfzuster||half-sister}} halfzuster (“half-sister”), {{cog|de|Halbschwester||half-sister}} German Halbschwester (“half-sister”), {{cog|sv|halvsyster||half-sister}} Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”), {{cog|is|hálfsystir||half-sister}} Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} half sister (plural half sisters)
  1. A female sibling sharing a single parent. Categories (topical): Female family members Synonyms: half-sister Translations (a female half sibling): hermanastra [feminine] (Asturian), mediohermana [feminine] (Asturian), hanterc'hoar [feminine] (Breton), germanastra [feminine] (Catalan), hablos (Cebuano), hanter-hwor [feminine] (Cornish), halvsøster [common-gender] (Danish), halfzus [feminine] (Dutch), halfzuster [feminine] (Dutch), siskopuoli (Finnish), sisarpuoli (Finnish), demi-sœur [feminine] (French), media irmá [feminine] (Galician), ნახევარდა (naxevarda) (Georgian), Halbschwester [feminine] (German), ετεροθαλής αδελφή (eterothalís adelfí) [feminine] (Greek), सौतेली बहन (sautelī bahan) [feminine] (Hindi), féltestvér (Hungarian), hálfsystir [feminine] (Icelandic), leathdheirfiúr [feminine] (Irish), leasdeirfiúr [feminine] (Irish), sorellastra [feminine] (Italian), mezza sorella [feminine] (Italian), semisoror (Latin), įseserė [feminine] (Lithuanian), полусестра (polusestra) [feminine] (Macedonian), lhiass-huyr [feminine] (Manx), lieh-huyr [feminine] (Manx), d'mié-soeu [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), halvsøster [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), halvsøster [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), siostra przyrodnia [feminine] (Polish), meia-irmã [feminine] (Portuguese), soră vitregă [feminine] (Romanian), leth-phiuthar [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), по̏лусестра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍlusestra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), media hermana [feminine] (Spanish), hermanastra [feminine] (Spanish), halvsyster [common-gender] (Swedish), halvsyrra (Swedish), سوتیلی بہن (souteli behan) [feminine] (Urdu), hanner chwaer [feminine] (Welsh) Translations (daughter of the same father but a different mother): 同父異母 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 同父异母 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 同父异母 (tông-hū-ī-bió) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 仝爸各母 (zh-min-nan) (note: + words for elder/younger sister) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 同父異母 (Chinese Cantonese), 同父异母 (tung⁴ fu⁶ ji⁶ mou⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 同父异母 (tung⁴ fu⁶ ji⁶ mou⁵) (note: + words for elder/younger sister) (Chinese Cantonese), 同父異母 (Chinese Mandarin), 同父异母 (tóngfù yìmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 同父异母 (tóngfùyìmǔ) (note: + words for elder/younger sister) (Chinese Mandarin), 腹違い (harachigai) (alt: はらちがい) (Japanese), 畑違い (hatakechigai) (alt: はたけちがい) (Japanese), 異腹 (alt: ことはら, koto hara, いふく, ifuku) (Japanese), 異母 (ibo) (note: + words for elder/younger sister) (alt: いぼ) (Japanese), soror consanguineus (Latin), soror agnata (Latin), agnata (Latin), единокровная сестра (jedinokrovnaja sestra) [feminine] (Russian), cùng cha khác mẹ (note: + words for elder/younger sister) (Vietnamese), 共爺隔娘 (Xiang Chinese), 共爷隔娘 (gong⁴ ia² ge⁶ nyian²) (Xiang Chinese), 共爷隔娘 (gong⁴ ia² ge⁶ nyian²) (note: + words for elder/younger sister) (Xiang Chinese) Translations (daughter of the same mother but a different father): uterina (Latin), uterina soror (Latin)

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          "sense": "a female half sibling",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "word": "ნახევარდა"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eterothalís adelfí",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sautelī bahan",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a female half sibling",
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "a female half sibling",
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          ],
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "leasdeirfiúr"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sorellastra"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mezza sorella"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "word": "semisoror"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "įseserė"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "polusestra",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "полусестра"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
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          "sense": "a female half sibling",
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "d'mié-soeu"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "halvsøster"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "halvsøster"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "siostra przyrodnia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meia-irmã"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soră vitregă"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "leth-phiuthar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по̏лусестра"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pȍlusestra"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "media hermana"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hermanastra"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "halvsyster"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "word": "halvsyrra"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "souteli behan",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "سوتیلی بہن"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a female half sibling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hanner chwaer"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "同父異母"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "tung⁴ fu⁶ ji⁶ mou⁵",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "同父异母"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
          "roman": "tung⁴ fu⁶ ji⁶ mou⁵",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "同父异母"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "同父異母"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "同父异母"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tông-hū-ī-bió",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
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            "Hokkien"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "仝爸各母"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "同父異母"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tóngfù yìmǔ",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "同父异母"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
          "roman": "tóngfùyìmǔ",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "同父异母"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsn",
          "lang": "Xiang Chinese",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "共爺隔娘"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsn",
          "lang": "Xiang Chinese",
          "roman": "gong⁴ ia² ge⁶ nyian²",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "共爷隔娘"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsn",
          "lang": "Xiang Chinese",
          "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
          "roman": "gong⁴ ia² ge⁶ nyian²",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "共爷隔娘"
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          "alt": "はらちがい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "harachigai",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "腹違い"
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          "alt": "はたけちがい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hatakechigai",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "畑違い"
        },
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          "alt": "ことはら, koto hara, いふく, ifuku",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "異腹"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いぼ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
          "roman": "ibo",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "異母"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "soror consanguineus"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "soror agnata"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "agnata"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jedinokrovnaja sestra",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "единокровная сестра"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
          "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
          "word": "cùng cha khác mẹ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "daughter of the same mother but a different father",
          "word": "uterina"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "daughter of the same mother but a different father",
          "word": "uterina soror"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "half sister"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "halfesister"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English halfesister",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "half-suster"
      },
      "expansion": "half-suster",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "half sister"
      },
      "expansion": "half sister",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "half-",
        "3": "sister"
      },
      "expansion": "half- + sister",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "halfzus"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch halfzus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "halfzuster",
        "3": "",
        "4": "half-sister"
      },
      "expansion": "halfzuster (“half-sister”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Halbschwester",
        "3": "",
        "4": "half-sister"
      },
      "expansion": "German Halbschwester (“half-sister”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "halvsyster",
        "3": "",
        "4": "half-sister"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hálfsystir",
        "3": "",
        "4": "half-sister"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English halfesister, half-suster, half sister, equivalent to half- + sister. Compare Dutch halfzus, halfzuster (“half-sister”), German Halbschwester (“half-sister”), Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”), Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "half sisters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "half sister (plural half sisters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms prefixed with half-",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Requests for review of Telugu translations",
        "Xiang terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Female family members"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female sibling sharing a single parent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ],
        [
          "sharing",
          "share"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ],
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "half-sister"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hermanastra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mediohermana"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hanterc'hoar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "germanastra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "word": "hablos"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hanter-hwor"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "halvsøster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "halfzus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "halfzuster"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "word": "siskopuoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "word": "sisarpuoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demi-sœur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "media irmá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "naxevarda",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "word": "ნახევარდა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Halbschwester"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eterothalís adelfí",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ετεροθαλής αδελφή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sautelī bahan",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सौतेली बहन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "word": "féltestvér"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hálfsystir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leathdheirfiúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leasdeirfiúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sorellastra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mezza sorella"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "word": "semisoror"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "įseserė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "polusestra",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полусестра"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lhiass-huyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lieh-huyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "d'mié-soeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halvsøster"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "halvsøster"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siostra przyrodnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meia-irmã"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soră vitregă"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leth-phiuthar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по̏лусестра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pȍlusestra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "media hermana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hermanastra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "halvsyster"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "word": "halvsyrra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "souteli behan",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سوتیلی بہن"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a female half sibling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hanner chwaer"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "同父異母"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "tung⁴ fu⁶ ji⁶ mou⁵",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "同父异母"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
      "roman": "tung⁴ fu⁶ ji⁶ mou⁵",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "同父异母"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "同父異母"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "同父异母"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tông-hū-ī-bió",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "同父异母"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "仝爸各母"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "同父異母"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngfù yìmǔ",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "同父异母"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
      "roman": "tóngfùyìmǔ",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "同父异母"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsn",
      "lang": "Xiang Chinese",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "共爺隔娘"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsn",
      "lang": "Xiang Chinese",
      "roman": "gong⁴ ia² ge⁶ nyian²",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "共爷隔娘"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsn",
      "lang": "Xiang Chinese",
      "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
      "roman": "gong⁴ ia² ge⁶ nyian²",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "共爷隔娘"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はらちがい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "harachigai",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "腹違い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はたけちがい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hatakechigai",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "畑違い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ことはら, koto hara, いふく, ifuku",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "異腹"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
      "roman": "ibo",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "異母"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "soror consanguineus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "soror agnata"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "agnata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jedinokrovnaja sestra",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "единокровная сестра"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "note": "+ words for elder/younger sister",
      "sense": "daughter of the same father but a different mother",
      "word": "cùng cha khác mẹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "daughter of the same mother but a different father",
      "word": "uterina"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "daughter of the same mother but a different father",
      "word": "uterina soror"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half sister"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kāng-pē-koh-bú / kāng-pē-koh-bó / kāng-pēe-koh-bó vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "half sister"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "half sister",
  "trace": ""
}

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