"sorority" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səˈrɒrɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈrɔrəti/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sorority.wav 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: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'group of women or girls associated for a common purpose': 87 13
  2. (US, Philippines) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. Tags: Philippines, 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: 47 53 Disambiguation of Culture: 0 100 Categories (other): American English, Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'social organization of female students at a college or university': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: women's fraternity Related terms: fraternity

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "3": "*swésōr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swésōr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "sororidad"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish sororidad",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "sororidade"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese sororidade",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "sororité"
      },
      "expansion": "French sororité",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sororities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sorority (plural sororities)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fraternity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sisterhood",
          "sisterhood"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Philippine English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Every day is a party at this sorority!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "college",
          "college#English"
        ],
        [
          "university",
          "university#English"
        ],
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Philippines) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "srat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Philippines",
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈrɒrɪti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sorority.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sorority.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈrɔrəti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒɹɪti"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "women's fraternity"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sestrinstvo",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сестринство"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "婦女聯誼會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùnǚliányíhuì",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "妇女联谊会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sesterstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dívčí spolek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "sisarkunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "sisaristo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "naisyhdistys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "tyttökerho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seathras"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sestrinstvo",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сестринство"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stowarzyszenie kobiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sororidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irmandade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sestrinstvo",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "сестринство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "sororidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "group of women or girls associated for a common purpose",
      "word": "systerskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sororitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "word": "女學生聯誼會"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚxuéshēngliányíhuì",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "word": "女学生联谊会"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "word": "sisarkunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "word": "naisyhdistys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "social organization of female students at a college or university",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sororité"
    },
    {
      "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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