sestra

Inherited from Old Czech sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛstra]

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sestra f

1. sister (sibling)

   Synonym: ségra

2. nurse (caring for the sick)

   Synonym: zdravotní sestra

3. nun, sister

   Synonym: jeptiška

• bratr

• sestra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sestra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sestra in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Old Portuguese sẽestra, ultimately from Latin sinistra.

sestra f (plural sestras)

1. the left hand or foot

   Synonyms: mão esquerda, canhota

   Antonyms: destra, direita, mão direita

2. female equivalent of sestro

sestra

1. feminine singular of sestro

From Proto-Slavic *sestra, Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

• IPA^(key): /sěstra/
• Hyphenation: ses‧tra

sèstra f (Cyrillic spelling сѐстра)

1. sister
2. nun, short for časna sestra
3. nurse, short for medicinska sestra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛstra/

sestra f (genitive singular sestry, nominative plural sestry, genitive plural sestier, sestár, declension pattern of žena)

1. sister
2. nun
3. nurse

• sesterský
• sestersky
• sesterstvo n
• sestrička f
• sestrin

• sestra in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̀ːstra/

séstra f

1. sister