View source for soror

==English==

===Etymology===
Shortening; also from {{bor|en|la|soror|t=sister}}, akin to {{m|en|frater}} from {{noncog|la|frāter|t=brother}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[sorority]] [[sister]]; a fellow member of one's sorority.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Cheryl Fall|title=Family Reunion Planning Kit for Dummies|publisher=[[w:Wiley (publisher)|Wiley Publishing, Inc.]]|year=2002|passage=Gathering your fraters and '''sorors''' / If you were a member of a fraternity or sorority in college, gather your old ''fraters'' (brothers) and '''''sorors''''' (sisters) for a reunion.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=oorrs|ROROs|ro-ros}}

==Interlingua==

===Etymology===
From {{der|ia|la|soror}}.

===Noun===
{{ia-noun|es}}

# [[sister]]

{{C|ia|Family}}

==Latin==
{{Wiktionary:Picture dictionary/la:kinship}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*swezōr}}, from {{inh|la|ine-pro|*swésōr}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|soror<3>|g=f}}

# [[sister]]
#* {{Q|la|Virgil|Aeneid|4|31|quote=Anna refert: “Ō lūce magis dīlēcta '''sorōrī''', [...].”|trans=Anna replies: “O [Dido], more dear '''to [your] sister''' than daylight, [...].”<br/>(Anna, Dido’s beloved sister and confidant, speaks her first line in the Aeneid.)}}
#* {{Q|la|Ovid|Fasti|5|599|thru=600|quote=Pliadās aspiciēs omnēs tōtumque '''sorōrum'''<br/>agmen, ubi ante Īdūs nox erit ūna super.|trans=''You will see all the Pleiades, and the whole group '''of sisters''', when there shall be one night remaining before the Ides.''<br/>(See: {{w|Pleiades}}; {{w|Pleiades (Greek mythology)}}.)}}
#* {{Q|la|Jerome|Vulgate|Proverbs|7|4|quote=dīc sapientiae '''soror''' mea es et prūdentiam vocā amīcam tuam|trans=''Say to wisdom: Thou art my '''sister''': and call prudence thy friend.''<br/>(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)}}
# [[cousin]], [[daughter]] of either a [[father]]'s [[brother]] or of a [[mother]]'s [[sister]]
# [[female]] [[friend]]
# {{lb|la|Christianity}} [[sister]], [[nun]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|soror<3>}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|la|frāter}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|la
|sororcula
|sorōriō
|sorōritās
|sorōrius
}}

====Descendants====
{{top3}}
* Via accusative ''sorōrem'' (~ *''serōrem''):
** Balkan Romance:
*** {{desc|ro|suroră}}
** Dalmatian:
*** {{l|dlm|seraur}}
** Italo-Romance:
*** {{desc|roa-oit|serore|sorore}}
** North Italian:
*** {{desc|ist|sorura}}
*** Old {{desc|lmo|seror}}
**** {{desc|lmo|seror}}
*** Old {{desc|vec|sorore}}
*** {{desc|pms|sëror}} (Biella, Val Sesia)
** Gallo-Romance:
*** {{desc|frp|seror}}
*** {{desc|fro|seror|serur}}
** Occitano-Romance:
*** {{desc|pro|seror}}
**** {{desc|oc-gas|seror}}
**** {{desc|osp|seror|bor=1}}
** Borrowings:
*** {{desc|ia|soror|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|pt|soror|bor=1}}
* Via nominative ''sŏror'':
** Balkan Romance:
*** {{desc|ro|sor}}
** Dalmatian:
*** {{l|dlm|saur}}
** Italo-Romance:
*** {{desc|roa-oit|soro|suoro}}
*** {{desc|scn|soru}}
** North Italian:
*** {{desc|fur|sûr}}
*** {{desc|lmo|sor}}
*** Old {{desc|egl|sore}}
*** Old {{desc|lij|sor}}
**** {{desc|lij|seu}}
*** Old {{desc|vec|sor}}
*** Old {{desc|pms|suor}}
**** {{desc|pms|seur|seure}}
*** {{desc|rm|sour}}
** Gallo-Romance:
*** {{desc|frp|suèr}}
*** {{desc|fro|suer}}
**** {{desc|fr|sœur}}
**** {{desc|nrf|soeu}}
** Occitano-Romance:
*** {{desc|ca|sor}}
**** {{desc|es|sor|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|oc|-}}
**** {{desc|oc-auv|sòrre|suerre}}
**** {{desc|oc-gas|sòr}}
**** {{desc|oc-lan|sòrre|sòr}}
**** {{desc|oc-pro|sòrre}}
**** {{desc|oc-viv|sór|sòrre}}
** Insular Romance:
*** {{desc|sc|sorre|sorri|qq1=Logudorese|qq2=Campidanese}}
** Borrowings:
*** {{desc|en|soror|bor=1}}
* Via Vulgar Latin *''sŏra'' (< ''sŏror''):
** Balkan-Romance:
*** {{desc|rup|sorã}}
*** {{desc|ruq|soră}}
*** {{desc|ro|soră}}
** Italo-Romance:
*** {{desc|it|sora|suora}} {{desc|it|sorella|der=1|nolb=1}}
*** {{desc|nap|sora}} {{q|dialectal plural serure < *serōrēs < sorōrēs}}
** North Italian:
*** {{desc|pms|seura}}
*** {{desc|rm|sora}}
*** {{desc|der=1|vec|sorela|soreła}}
** Gallo-Romance:
*** {{desc|frp|suèra}}
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===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:FEW|12|115|sŏror}}
* {{R:REW|sŏror|610}}

{{C|la|Female family members}}

==Portuguese==
{{wikipedia|lang=pt}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pt|sóror}}

===Etymology===
{{lbor|pt|la|soror}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|sorôr}}
* {{rhyme|pt|oɾ|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|pt|so|ror}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|f}}

# [[sister]] {{gloss|female member of a religious community}}
#: {{syn|pt|irmã}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|pt|sororidade}}

===References===
* {{R:pt:Priberam}}
* {{R:pt:Infopédia}}

{{cln|pt|terms with varying stress}}