sister
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈsɪstə/, SAMPA: /"sIst@/
- (US) enPR: sĭs'tər, IPA (key): /ˈsɪstɚ/, SAMPA: /"sIst@`/
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Noun
[change]- (countable) Your sister is the daughter of your mother and father.
- My parents have three children: me, my brother, and my sister.
- (countable) A sister is a nurse in a hospital.
- The Sister said that I must rest more.
- (attributively) A sister of a thing is something that has a special or affectionate connection to it, specifically one that is non-hierarchical.
- Wikipedia is a sister project of Wiktionary.
Members of a family (edit) |
parent: father - mother | spouse: husband - wife | child: son - daughter | sibling: brother - sister | uncle | aunt | nephew - niece | cousin | grandparent: grandfather - grandmother | grandchild: grandson - granddaughter |