sœur

See also: soeur

French

Alternative forms

soeur
seure

Etymology

From Middle French soeur, from Old French suer (nominative), from Latin soror (cf. also the Old French oblique form seror from the Latin accusative sorōrem), from Proto-Italic *swezōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sœʁ/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

sœur f (plural sœurs)

sister
Quel âge a ta sœur ?
How old is your sister?
(Christianity) nun
Bonjour, ma sœur.
Hello, sister.

Comment allez-vous, sœur Marie ?
How are you, Sister Mary?

Synonyms

(nun): religieuse f, nonne f

Hyponyms

sœurette

Derived terms

âme sœur

Descendants

→ Vietnamese: xơ

Further reading

“sœur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

euros, ourse, roues

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