sororal

English

Etymology

From Latin soror (“sister”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɹɔːɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

sororal

1. Of or pertaining to a sister.
2. Related through someone's sister.

   a sororal nephew

Synonyms

• sisterly

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “with regard to gender”): fraternal
• (antonym(s) of “with regard to heredity”): maternal, paternal

Derived terms

• sororal nephew
• sororal niece
• sororal twin

Translations

of or pertaining to a sister

Arabic: أُخْتِيّ (ʔuḵtiyy) Armenian: քույրական (hy) (kʻuyrakan) Belarusian: сястры́нскі (sjastrýnski) Bulgarian: се́стрински (séstrinski) Chinese: Mandarin: 姊妹 (zh) (zǐmèi), 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi) Czech: sesterský Dutch: zusterlijk (nl) Finnish: sisarellinen French: de sœur (fr), sororal (fr), sororel (fr) German: schwesterlich (de), geschwisterlich (de) Japanese: 姉妹 (ja) (しまい, shimai) Macedonian: сестрински (sestrinski) Polish: siostrzany (pl) Romanian: de soră (ro) Russian: се́стринский (ru) (séstrinskij) Slovak: sesterský Spanish: sororal Ukrainian: сестри́нський (sestrýnsʹkyj)

related through someone's sister

Finnish: sisaren kautta (adverbial expression), sisarenpuoleinen Spanish: sororal

French

Alternative forms

• sororel

Etymology

From Latin soror (“sister”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

sororal (feminine sororale, masculine plural sororaux, feminine plural sororales)

1. (rare) sororal

Further reading

• “sororal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɾoˈɾal/ [so.ɾoˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: so‧ro‧ral

Adjective

sororal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sororales)

1. sororal

Further reading

• “sororal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10