older sister

English

older sister (plural older sisters)

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see older,‎ sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Coordinate term: older brother

Antonyms: younger brother, younger sister

single-word translations

Japanese: 姉 (ja) (あね, ane), お姉さん (ja) (おねえさん, onēsan) (honorific), 姉ちゃん (ねえちゃん, nēchan) (familiar)
Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ (kn) (akka)
Kapampangan: atsi, achi
Korean: 누나 (ko) (nuna) (of a male), 언니 (ko) (eonni) (of a female)
Kunigami: しじゃー (shijā)
Kyrgyz: эже (ky) (ece)
Lao: ເອື້ອຍ (’ư̄a nya)
Malay: kakak (ms)
Malayalam: സഹോദരി (ml) (sahōdari)
Maori: tuahine (of a male), tuakana (of a female)
Mongolian: эгч (mn) (egč)
Northern Amami-Oshima: せざ (seza)
Okinawan: しーじゃ (shīja), しーじゃをぅない (shīja wunai) (of a male), 女子しーじゃ (ゐなぐしーじゃ, winagu shīja), うふあばー (ufu abā) (oldest sister; used by commoners), うふんみー (ufunmī) (oldest sister of a shizoku)
Sinhalese: අක්‍කා (ak‍kā)
Sotho: ausi
Tagalog: ate (tl)
Tamil: அக்கா (ta) (akkā)
Taos: tùtúna
Tatar: апа (tt) (apa)
Telugu: అక్క (te) (akka)
Turkish: abla (tr)
Uyghur: ئاچا‎ (ug) (acha), ھەدە‎ (hede)
Vietnamese: chị (vi)
Yaeyama: しじゃ (shija)
Yonaguni: すだ (suda)

multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations

Afrikaans: ousus (af)
Arabic: الْأُخْت الْكُبْرَى‎ (al-ʾuḵt al-kubrā), الشَّقِيقَة الْكُبْرَى‎ (aš-šaqīqa al-kubrā)
Catalan: germana gran f
Danish: storesøster c
Dutch: oudere zus
Finnish: isosisko (fi)
French: sœur aînée f, grande sœur f
German: große Schwester f
Greek: μεγάλη αδερφή f (megáli aderfí)
Khmer: បងស្រី (bɑɑng srəy)

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