"sororal" meaning in English

See sororal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /səˈɹɔːɹ(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈɹɔɹəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sororal.wav
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sororlbor. English -al English sororal PIE word *swésōr Learned borrowing from Latin soror (“sister”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|lbor|la>soror>relating to sister|from|en>-al>relating to sister|id=relating to sister|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin sororlbor. English -al English sororal, {{PIE word|en|swésōr}} PIE word *swésōr, {{lbor|en|la|soror|t=sister}} Learned borrowing from Latin soror (“sister”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{affix|en|-al|pos1=suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives}} -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sororal (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterlike, sisterly. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: sororial Translations (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters): أُخْتِيّ (ʔuḵtiyy) (Arabic), քույրական (kʻuyrakan) (Armenian), сястры́нскі (sjastrýnski) (Belarusian), се́стрински (séstrinski) (Bulgarian), 姐妹 (jiěmèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 姊妹 (Chinese Mandarin), sesterský (Czech), zusterlijk (Dutch), sisarellinen (Finnish), sororal (French), sororel (French), de sœur (French), schwesterlich (German), geschwisterlich (German), 姉妹 (shimai) (alt: しまい) (Japanese), sorōrius (Latin), сестрински (sestrinski) (Macedonian), خواهرانه (xâharâne) (Persian), خواهَرِی (xâhari) (Persian), siostrzany (Polish), de soră (Romanian), се́стринский (séstrinskij) (Russian), сѐстрӣнскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), sèstrīnskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sesterský (Slovak), sororal (Spanish), хоҳарона (xoharona) (Tajik), сестри́нський (sestrýnsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), sörik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-sororal-en-adj-U418T1aC Categories (other): English entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Family Disambiguation of English entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Family: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters': 93 7
  2. (archaic) Related through a sister. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Translations (related through a sister): sisaren kautta (english: adverbial expression) (Finnish), sisarenpuoleinen (Finnish), sororal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sororal-en-adj-tNmS57F9 Disambiguation of 'related through a sister': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonsororal, sororally, sororal nephew, sororal niece, sororal polygyny, sororal twin Related terms: sororate, sororial, sororially, sororicide, sorority
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    "en:Family"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nonsororal"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororally"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororal nephew"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororal niece"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororal polygyny"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororal twin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lbor",
        "3": "la>soror>relating to sister",
        "4": "from",
        "5": "en>-al>relating to sister",
        "id": "relating to sister",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin sororlbor.\nEnglish -al\nEnglish sororal",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "swésōr"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *swésōr",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "soror",
        "t": "sister"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin soror (“sister”)",
      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-al",
        "pos1": "suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives"
      },
      "expansion": "-al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin sororlbor.\nEnglish -al\nEnglish sororal\n PIE word\n *swésōr\nLearned borrowing from Latin soror (“sister”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sororal (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "so‧ror‧al"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sororate"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororial"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororially"
    },
    {
      "word": "sororicide"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorority"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nonsororal"
        },
        {
          "word": "unsisterlike"
        },
        {
          "word": "unsisterly"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterlike, sisterly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pertain",
          "pertain"
        ],
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "sister",
          "sister#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sisterlike",
          "sisterlike"
        ],
        [
          "sisterly",
          "sisterly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sororial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "text": "sororal nephew",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Related through a sister."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Related",
          "related#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Related through a sister."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈɹɔːɹ(ə)l/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈɹɔɹəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːɹəl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔuḵtiyy",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "أُخْتِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻuyrakan",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "քույրական"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjastrýnski",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "сястры́нскі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "séstrinski",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "се́стрински"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiěmèi",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "姐妹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "姊妹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sesterský"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "zusterlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sisarellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sororal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sororel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "de sœur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "schwesterlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "geschwisterlich"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しまい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimai",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "姉妹"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sorōrius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sestrinski",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "сестрински"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâharâne",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "خواهرانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâhari",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "خواهَرِی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "siostrzany"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "de soră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "séstrinskij",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "се́стринский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сѐстрӣнскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "sèstrīnskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sesterský"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sororal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xoharona",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "хоҳарона"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sestrýnsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "сестри́нський"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters",
      "word": "sörik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "adverbial expression",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "related through a sister",
      "word": "sisaren kautta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "related through a sister",
      "word": "sisarenpuoleinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "related through a sister",
      "word": "sororal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sororal"
}

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