sororal

English

Etymology

From Latin soror (“sister”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈɹɔːɹəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

sororal

Of or pertaining to a sister.
Related through someone's sister.
a sororal nephew

Synonyms

sisterly

Antonyms

(with regard to gender): fraternal
(with regard to heredity): maternal, paternal

Translations

of or pertaining to a sister

Arabic: أُخْتِيّ‎ (ʔuḵtiyy)
Armenian: քույրական (hy) (kʿuyrakan)
Belarusian: сястры́нскі (sjastrýnski)
Bulgarian: се́стрински (séstrinski)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 姊妹 (zh) (zǐmèi), 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi)
Czech: sesterský
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)

(rare) sororal

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

sororal (plural sororales)

sororal

Further reading

“sororal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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