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Meanings of sister in English

Russian
сестра
Portuguese
soror
Spanish
hermana
Catalan
germana carnal
Wikidata

Female sibling.

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      сестра
      Wikidata

      A female ascetic who chooses to live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent.

            Portuguese
            garota
            Catalan
            maca

            (Slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women.

                  garota

                  The 70's Weekly (MCY-001334)

                        Usage of sister in English
                        1
                        State security agents were watching him inside the sister's house, she said.
                        The Guardian
                        2
                        I followed in another year, and my sister arrived three years later.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        My sister called early one morning, before I'd even left for work.
                        After the fall
                        4
                        I asked her again, 'Was your sister really not at home, Phuong?'
                        The Quiet American
                        5
                        My sister thought it was vitally important that I come here today.
                        Our little secret
                        6
                        He'd made it clear he considered my sister's case unsolvable and closed.
                        Bloodfever
                        7
                        My sister took the phone and said, I can't talk right now.
                        The Elephant Vanishes
                        8
                        Parent Patricia Hetherington said: I immediately took cover behind my sister's car.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        I can always hear her say, Now sister, you know what's right.
                        Feminist dot com
                        10
                        I really want to go home to bury my sister, she said.
                        The South African
                        11
                        She didn't know whether or not her sister worked outside the home.
                        Indivisible
                        12
                        My sister said it different than she said it to my dad.
                        The Perks of Being a Wallflower
                        13
                        So in the Iphigenia, the sister recognises the brother just in time.
                        The Poetics of Aristotle
                        14
                        His father, in particular, clearly loved his sister and thought her misunderstood.
                        Jarka Ruus
                        15
                        I heard her say this to her sister not an hour ago.
                        The Wise Man’s Fear
                        16
                        Our friend replied that she hadn't seen her sister for several weeks.
                        The new yorker
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                        Translations for sister
                        Spanish
                        hermana
                        Sister through the time
                        Sister across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        Australia
                        Common
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                        Common
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