sororal

English

Etymology

From Latin soror (“sister”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔːrəl

Adjective

sororal

Of or pertaining to a sister.
Related through someone's sister, e.g. sororal nephew.

Synonyms

sisterly

Antonyms

(with regard to gender): fraternal
(with regard to heredity): maternal, paternal

Translations

of or pertaining to a sister

Arabic: أُخْتِيّ‎‎ (ʾuḵtiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 姊妹 (zh) (zǐmèi), 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi)
Czech: sesterský
Finnish: sisarellinen
French: sororal (fr), sororel (fr)

German: schwesterlich (de)
Japanese: 姉妹 (ja) (しまい, shimai)
Polish: siostrzany
Romanian: de soră
Russian: сестри́нский (ru) (sestrínskij)
Spanish: sororal

related through someone's sister

Finnish: sisaren kautta (fi) (adverbial expression), sisarenpuoleinen

Spanish: sororal

French

Alternative forms

sororel

Etymology

From Latin soror (“sister”).

Adjective

sororal (feminine singular sororale, masculine plural sororaux, feminine plural sororales)

(rare) sororal

Further reading

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

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