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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.

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Examples for "sis"
Examples for "sis"
1
Days after u break my sis heart u do this, Kachingwe posted.
Ebony
2
Oh, you know them all, sis: Lana, Linda, Carol, Susan- afewmore.
The devil's heart
3
I have to be good on my little sis's birthday, don't I?
Calamity jayne
4
Allow two cupfuls of ground coffee to sis cupfuls of boiling water.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
5
Your pal's little sis married into a family of smugglers and bootleggers.
Bones to Ashes
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
Canada
Common
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