sibling

English

Etymology

1903, modern revival of Old English sibling (“relative, a relation, kinsman”), equivalent to sib +‎ -ling. Compare Middle English sib, sibbe (“relative; kinsman”). The term apparently meant merely kin or relative until the 20th century when its necessity for the study of genetics led to its specialized use. For example, the OED has a 1903 citation in which "sibling" must be defined for those who don't know the intended meaning.

"1903 K. PEARSON in Biometrika II. 369 These [calculations] will enable us..to predict the probable character in any individual from a knowledge of one or more parents or brethren (‘siblings’, = brothers or sisters)." ("Sibling," OED.)

Pronunciation

enPR: sĭbʹ-lĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪblɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪblɪŋ, -ɪŋ
Hyphenation: sib‧ling

Noun

sibling (plural siblings)

A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister.

None of my siblings are married yet.

Derived terms

adoptive sibling
foster sibling
full-sibling
half-sibling
little sibling

Translations

person who shares same parents

Arabic: شَقِيق‎‎ (ar) m (šaqīq), شَقِيقَة‎‎ f (šaqīqa)
Azerbaijani: qardaş (az)
Balinese: adi (younger)
Banjarese: dangsanak
Bengali: সহোদর (śôhodôr)
Catalan: germà (ca) m, germana (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 兄弟姐妹 (xiōngdì jiěmèi), 兄弟 (zh) (xiōngdì) (brother(s)), 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi) (sister(s)), 同胞 (zh) (tóngbāo)

Min Nan: 兄弟姊妹 (zh-min-nan) (hiaⁿ-tī-chí-mōe, hiaⁿ-tī-chí-moāi)
Czech: sourozenec (cs) m
Danish: bror (da) c, søster (da) c, søskende (da) c pl
Dutch: brus (nl), broer/broeder m, zus/zuster f
Esperanto: gefrato, gefratoj (eo) pl
Ewe: nɔvi, tsɛ (younger sibling)
Faroese: systkin (fo) n pl
Fijian: taci (younger)
Finnish: sisarus (fi)
French: frère et sœur m, pl, adelphe (fr) m, f, fratrie (fr) f, germain (fr) m, sibling (fr) m
Georgian: დედმამიშვილი (dedmamišvili), და-ძმა (da-ʒma)
German: Geschwisterchen (de) n, Geschwisterkind (de) n, Bruder (de) (male sibling, brother), Schwester (de) (female sibling, sister), Geschwister (de) pl
Greek: αδέλφι (el) (adélfi)
Hindi: सहोदर (hi) m (sahodar)
Hungarian: testvér (hu)
Icelandic: systkin (is) n pl
Ido: frato (io)
Ilocano: kabsat
Indonesian: kakak (id) (older), adik (id) (younger), saudara (id) (regardless of age)
Iranun: ari (younger), dadi' (younger)
Italian: fratello (it) m, sorella (it) f, parente (it), congiunto (it) m, consanguineo (it)
Japanese: 兄弟 (ja) (きょうだい, kyōdai)兄弟姉妹 (ja) (きょうだいしまい, kyōdai shimai), 同胞 (ja) (どうほう, dōhō)
Javanese: ari (younger)
Kongo: lêki (younger), yaya (elder)

Korean: 형제 (ko) (hyeongje) (兄弟 (ko)), 형제자매 (hyeongjejamae)
Lao: ອ້າຽນ້ອຽ ('āi nǭi), ອ້າຍນ້ອງ (’āi nǭng)
Latvian: brālis (lv) m, māsa (lv) f
Lithuanian: brolija f
Low German: Bölkenkind n
Malay: abang (ms) (older, male), kakak (ms) (older), adik (ms) (younger)
Jawi: ابڠ‎‎ (older, male), کاکق‎‎ (older), اديق‎‎ (younger)
Minangkabau: dunsanak
Navajo: bił hajííjééʼ pl (blood siblings sharing the mother), hakʼis (same sex as you), halah (opposite sex from you)
Norwegian: søsken (no) n
Persian: هم‌نیا‎‎ (ham-niâ)
Polish: rodzeństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: irmão (pt), irmã (pt)
Russian: брат (ru) m (brat) (brother), сестра́ (ru) f (sestrá) (sister), си́блинг (ru) m (síbling) (neologism, rare), сибс (ru) m (sibs)
Slovak: súrodenec (sk) m
Slovene: sorojenec m
Spanish: hermano (es) m, hermana (es) f
Swahili: ndugu (sw) class 9/0
Swedish: syskon (sv) n
Tagalog: kapatid (tl)
Tatar: кардәш (tt) (qardäş)
Telugu: తోబుట్టువు (te) (tōbuṭṭuvu)
Thai: พี่ (th) (pîi) (older), น้อง (th) (nɔ́ɔng) (younger), both often used loosely for non-relatives, พี่น้อง (th) (pîi-nɔ́ɔng)
Turkish: kardeş (tr)
Ukrainian: суро́дженець m (suródženecʹ), родже́нство n (rodžénstvo)
Urdu: سہودر‎‎ m (sahodar)
Uyghur: قېرىنداش‎‎ (ug) (qërindash)
Vietnamese: anh chị em
Volapük: (♂♀) gem (vo), (♂) higem (vo), (♀) jigem (vo)
Waray-Waray: bug-to
West Coast Bajau: adi' (younger)
Westrobothnian: söskan n

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