sororal

English

WOTD – 12 April 2025

Etymology

    PIE word
    *swésōr

    Learned borrowing from Latin soror (sister) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈɹɔːɹ(ə)l/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American) IPA(key): /səˈɹɔɹəl/
    • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
    • Hyphenation: so‧ror‧al

    Adjective

    sororal (not comparable)

    1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterlike, sisterly.
      Synonym: sororial
      Antonyms: nonsororal, unsisterlike, unsisterly
      Coordinate terms: avuncular, filial, fraternal, grandfilial, grandmaternal, grandparental, grandpaternal, (of a husband, obsolete) marital, maternal, materteral, nepotal, parental, paternal, uxorial
    2. (archaic) Related through a sister. [from mid 17th c.]
      sororal nephew

    Derived terms

    Translations

    References

    1. ^ sororal, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2025.
    2. ^ sororal, adj.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

    Further reading

    French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Latin soror (sister).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

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

    1. (rare) sororal

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /soɾoˈɾal/ [so.ɾoˈɾal]
    • Rhymes: -al
    • Syllabification: so‧ro‧ral

    Adjective

    sororal m or f (masculine and feminine plural sororales)

    1. sororal

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