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Definition: Sister |
SisterAdjective1. Being associated as a companion or associate; "fellow traveler"; "brother workers"; "sister ship". Noun1. A female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician". 2. (Roman Catholic) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God". 3. A female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her". 4. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sister" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A sister may be:
See also: Seven Sisters
- Literally
- a female member of a group of siblings in one family
- a nun or other member of a female religious order
- a member of a sorority
- a female hospital nurse
- a female member of a mutual organisation such as a trade union
- Metaphorically
- one of a pair or larger group of similar things with established relations, such as sister cities, sister colleges, or sister companies under common ownership.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sister."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SISTER | English | System of Information on Strategies, Tasks and the Evaluation of Results | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SisterSynonyms: brother(a) (adj), fellow(a) (adj), sister(a) (adj), baby (n), sis (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: brother (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection; sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-german; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice; removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood. |
Remedy | Doctor, physician, surgeon; general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist. |
Similarity | Analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne; gens de meme famille. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Sister Mary Francis (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price) I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) Playing to lose is like sleeping with your sister. Sure she's a great piece of tail with a blouse full of goodies, but it's just illegal (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) and her little sister! (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton) And there's her kid sister Kit, who's as single as they come (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) | |
Lyrics | Shed tears with my baby sister (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) 'cause the best things in lovin' with a sister and a cousin ("Walk This Way"; performing artist: Aerosmith) Muggin' on your sister, (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra) Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, flow sister (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) Me and my sister ran away so my daddy couldn't rape us, (What Would You Do; performing artist: City High) | |
Tongue Twisters | Sister Susie sewing shirts for soldiers. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Death to Sister Mary (1974) Brother and Sister (1973) Die! Die Sister (1972) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) | |
Song Titles | Sister Rosa (performing artist: The Neville Brothers) Sister Christian (performing artist: Night Ranger) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pavlof's Sister on the left, Pavlof Volcano in the center Aghileen Pinnacles to the right. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | DSV TURTLE, recently retired by the Navy, was a sister sub to ALVIN. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Sharon Begay and her sister Alta hold teddy bears produced by the cooperative on the Ganado Navajo Reservation, AZ. Credit: USDA. |  | Jim comes from an artistic family of nine, including a sister, mother and two brothers who are also professional artists. His brothers Robert and Joseph have also won the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, in 1996 (RW59) and 1991 (RW59) respectively. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |
 | Caption: Wilber B. Huston with His Sister and His Mother; Cheyenne, WY?; Ca. 1918; {13.110/37} (jpg). |  | [A Sister of Charity looking out over the Mississippi River]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Queen of Angels Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. : Sister Mary Digna, Medical Librarian with members of the house staff. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 16 June 1950, loading deck cargo for her impending trans-Pacific voyage to Korea. Her sister ship Kum Kang San is at right. Note 3"/50 dual-purpose gun mounted forward, Republic of Korea flags at bow and stern, mast and "crow's nest", Danforth anchor, navigation lights, ship's bell mounted on the pilothouse front and other details on and around her main deck. On the original print, her old U.S. Navy hull number ("810") is visible in spot welded outline behind her Korean Navy bow number ("704"). USS George A. Johnson (DE-583) is in the left center distance. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Docked at Arzew, Algeria, on 11 June 1944 during amphibious exercises there. USS Doran (DD-634) and a sister are outboard. Photographed from USS Catoctin (AGC-5). Credit: NAVY. |  | Sister Perpetua introduced her to us. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Can you tell me who i am 9" by Janelle Siegrist Commentary: "My sister." | "Bloodshot" by Steve Commentary: "A random surprise shot of my face from my sister brought this one on..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Aristophanes | We say that poverty is the sister of beggary. |
J. M. Synge | Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her. |
Sister Brown | Success is found when preparation meets opportunity. |
Sister Kenney | It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. |
Theodore Roosevelt | To-night while I was preparing to dictate a message to Congress concerning the boiling caldron on the Isthmus of Panama, which has now begun to bubble over, up came one of the ushers with a telegram from you and Ted about the football match. Instantly I bolted into the next room to read it aloud to mother and sister, and we all cheered in unison when we came to the Rah! Rah! Rah! part of it. It was a great score. I wish I could have seen the game. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge --to convert our good words into good deeds--in a new alliance for progress--to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | At ten years old, she had the misfortune of being able to answer questions which puzzled her sister at seventeen |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | It began by the youngest girl suddenly, and without provocation, addressing her eldest sister. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | So did the plump sister when (r)she came |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Thus he prayed kneeling before this sister. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | She said she was all alone in the house and that her husband had gone that morning to Queenstown with his sister to see her off. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Sister, have comfort |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Some children struggle with how much of their parents' time is spent with their sick brother or sister. (references) | |
When marrow is available from a brother or sister who is an identical match, the cure rate exceeds 85 percent. (references) | ||
There is one report of transmission to a sister with diabetes who was the caretaker for her brother who had chronic melioidosis. (references) | ||
Business | Prensa Libre has a sister concern that prints all the newspaper inserts. (references) | |
Danat’s sister company is Bali Hai Cruises, operating out of Bali, Indonesia. (references) | ||
The dominant installer of steel framing, Metal Wall, is a sister company to Siderar, the steel producer. (references) | ||
Children | Guatemala | On February 19, several days before the trial was scheduled to open, Melchor Pastor Hernandez and Juvencio Ixmay kidnaped Ana Maria's older sister Marta Elena. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | On June 20, two unknown men entered the house of Tape Koulou, the founder of the extremist daily Le National, and shot and killed his elder sister, Tape Ziadou Madeleine, and a friend of the family, Takore Clovis Desire. (references) |
Botswana | In April after a series of negative press stories about government officials, the Government directed all government agencies and parastatals to refrain from advertising in the Botswana Guardian and its sister newspaper, the Midweek Sun. (references) | |
Economic History | Brunei Darussalam | BSP and four sister companies constitute the largest employer in Brunei after the government. (references) |
Angola | One offshoot has been the development of a Sister City relationship between Lafayette, La., and Cabinda. (references) | |
Finland | Both Sonera Corporation and the private telecom companies have subsidiaries and sister companies, which are involved in the provision of data, mobile and advanced technology services. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | On May 5 Sister Barbara Ann Ford was killed in Guatemala City. (references) |
Peru | On July 1, the police told his sister that he had committed suicide. (references) | |
Guatemala | In November Ford's colleague, Sister Virginia Searing, became a plaintiff in the case. (references) | |
Minorities | Pakistan | The perpetrators of the attack were Muslims who previously had accused Sister Christine of proselytizing. (references) |
Pakistan | On March 12, men broke into the Lourdes Convent and attacked Sister Christine, a 78-year-old nun; she died in a nearby hospital a few days later. (references) | |
Poland | In May the March of the Living organizers organized a sister event, the March of Remembrance and Hope, that brought international youth groups of all religions to the country in promotion of religious tolerance. (references) | |
Political Rights | Brunei | The Sultan's sister, Princess Masna, is the second ranking official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (references) |
Travel | Indonesia | In Jakarta, Blue Bird family of taxis (and the sister Silver and Golden Bird luxury taxis) are considered to be the safest and most reliable and they can be summoned by telephone (794-1234). (references) |
Women | Jordan | In July a 15-year-old boy from Irbid confessed to killing his 20-year-old sister. (references) |
Worker Rights | Switzerland | The court found that the trafficker was not member of any specific criminal organization despite his having worked closely with his mother and sister, who lived in Nigeria. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Elizabeth Taylor | Just difficult. Mine was completely different. I loved Michael. But we lived together like brother and sister. And I was too young. I was just too young for that. |
Prince Albert of Monaco | That is how the line of succession goes, but should anything happen to me, they can go through my sister, Caroline, or Stephanie, depending on who is the oldest and go through her children. |
Samantha Geimer | I told him what happened and my sister overheard me because she happened to be outside my room, and then told my mom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | I have lately returned from a journey among our sister Republics of the Western Hemisphere. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge--to convert our good words into good deeds--in a new alliance for progress--to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Indian policies and perceptions at times differ from our own, and we have established a candid dialogue with this sister democracy which seeks to avoid the misunderstandings which have sometimes complicated our ties. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We are grateful for his service and honored that his mother, Lillie Tejeda, and his sister, Mary Alice, have come from Texas to be with us here tonight. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Sister" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.10% of the time. "Sister" is used about 7,407 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.1% | 6,600 | 1,465 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.88% | 806 | 8,639 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7,407 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sister": big sister ♦ brother and sister ♦ brother or sister ♦ elder sister ♦ eldest sister ♦ fatal sister ♦ flight sister ♦ Foster sister ♦ Full sister ♦ half sister ♦ kid sister ♦ lay sister ♦ little sister ♦ mother's sister ♦ nursing sister ♦ Sister Bay ♦ sister Block ♦ Sister Chromatid Exchange ♦ sister company ♦ sister german ♦ sister hooks ♦ sister in law ♦ sister mary ♦ sister nation ♦ sister nations ♦ sister of charity ♦ sister of mercy ♦ sister of the halfblood ♦ sister organization ♦ sister ship ♦ sister ships ♦ sob sister ♦ soul sister ♦ theater sister ♦ theatre sister ♦ twin sister ♦ uterine sister ♦ ward sister ♦ whole sister ♦ younger sister. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sister": sister-cell, sister-city, sister-exchange, sister-hospital, sister-hunting, sister-in-charge, sister-in-law, sister-in-laws, Sister-in-law-to-be, sister-knew, sister-newspaper, sister-parties, sister-party, sister-queens, sister-senses, sister-town, sister-wife. | |
Ending with "sister": brother-sister, step-sister. | |
Containing "sister": Ex-sister-in-law, Half-sister-in-law, sdlp-sister-party, Step-sister-to-be. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hilton sister | 2,985 | sister princess | 168 |
sister | 2,254 | three sister | 163 |
sister poem | 949 | sister souljah | 153 |
sister sister | 887 | clark sister | 150 |
twisted sister | 715 | sister act 2 | 149 |
brother sister | 703 | sister bay wisconsin | 149 |
lesbian sister | 657 | my sister voice | 145 |
big brother big sister | 605 | immoral sister | 142 |
sister hazel | 594 | the williams sister | 141 |
sister oregon | 420 | my sister | 136 |
sister of mercy | 350 | hilton pic sister | 127 |
little sister | 295 | shakespeare sister | 124 |
sister quote | 273 | beu sister | 124 |
twin sister | 216 | sister sister.com | 119 |
the pointer sister | 215 | swing out sister | 112 |
hazel lyrics sister | 210 | brother sister story | 111 |
hilton picture sister | 205 | fantasy sister | 106 |
andrew sister | 201 | sister in law | 105 |
big sister | 180 | hot sister | 103 |
sister act | 169 | hyster sister | 100 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sister"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | suster (nurse). (various references) | |
Albanian | motër (nurse, sibling, sissy). (various references) | |
Arabic | ممرضة (hospital attendant, nurse), سيدة (dame, lady, ma'am, madam, madonna, mistress), انسة (madam, madame), الشقيقة, إمرأة (baby, dame, mouse, woman), أخت, راهبة (lay sister, nun, nun's, religious, vestal), شقيقة. (various references) | |
Asturian | hermana. (various references) | |
Aymara | cullaca. (various references) | |
Bemba | inkashi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сроден (affined, agnate, allied to, associated, cognate, congenial, connected, filial, kin, kindred, parotid, related, relational, sib, sympathetic), старша медицинска сестра (matron), сестра (sib, sibling), калугерка (nun), близък (adjacent, akin, allied to, chummy, close, familiar, impendent, kindred, near, neighboring, neighbouring, next, nigh, pally, pressing, prospective, solid, sympathetic, thick, toward), подобен (agnate, akin, alike, allied to, analogous, bastard, comparable, connatural, ditto, homo-, homoeo-, kindred, like, parallel, similar, such, suchlike). (various references) | |
Catalan | germana. (various references) | |
Cebuano | igsoong babaye. (various references) | |
Chamorro | kuñada (sister-in-law). (various references) | |
Chinese | 姐妹 (Sisters). (various references) | |
Cornish | whór. (various references) | |
Czech | sestra. (various references) | |
Danish | søster. (various references) | |
Dutch | zus (like that, sibling, thus), zuster (nurse, sibling). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | pani, ñaña. (various references) | |
Esperanto | gefrato (brother, sibling), fratino. (various references) | |
Faeroese | systir. (various references) | |
Farsi | پرستار (Foster, Nurse), همشیره , خواهری کردن , خواهر, دخترتارک دنیا. (various references) | |
Finnish | sisko, sisar. (various references) | |
French | soeur, sœur. (various references) | |
Frisian | suster (nurse). (various references) | |
German | Schwester (nun, nurse, sis). (various references) | |
Greek | αδερφή (queer). (various references) | |
Guarani | teindy, reindy. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אחות (companion, kinswoman, sweetheart). (various references) | |
Hungarian | lánytestvér, nővér (fille, nun, nurse), húg. (various references) | |
Icelandic | systir. (various references) | |
Indonesian | saudara perempuan, saudara (brother), kakak (brother), adik (younger brother). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | najak. (various references) | |
Irish | deirfiúr. (various references) | |
Italian | sorella (sibling). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | シグモイド関数 (San Francisco, scissors cut, shish-kebabs, sigmoid function, signal ground, sissy, sysop, system, System 5, system bus, system camera, system component, system converter, system house, system kitchen, system menu, system operator, system television, systematic, systems, systems administrator, systems analysis, systems analyst, systems approach, systems design, systems designer, systems engineer, systems engineering, systems flow chard, systems hacking, systems network, systems planner), エコロジー運動 (ecological movement, Edison, ego, egotism, egotist, egotistic, Egypt, Esaki diode, escalate, escalation, escalator, escalope, ESCAP, Eskimo, sado-masochism, Save Our Souls, science fiction, SF, shallot, sketch, snail, Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, SOS). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | シスター , エス . (various references) | |
Kongo | mpangi a nkento. (various references) | |
Korean | 자매 (Sisters). (various references) | |
Lombard | sorella. (various references) | |
Macedonian | sestra. (various references) | |
Malagasy | anabavy. (various references) | |
Manx | shuyr voanderey. (various references) | |
Maori | tuahine. (various references) | |
Maya | kiik (older sister). (various references) | |
Norwegian | søster. (various references) | |
Occitan | sòrre. (various references) | |
Papago | chuhchud je'e (sister-in-law). (various references) | |
Papiamen | ruman muhé, ruman mohé, ruman (brother, parent, sibling). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | sister. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istersay.(various references) | |
Polish | siostra. (various references) | |
Portuguese | irmã. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | irmã. (various references) | |
Provencal | sòrre. (various references) | |
Quechua | ñaña (sister ofa female). (various references) | |
Romanian | suratã (dear, friend), sorå, sorã (nurse), infirmierã (nurse). (various references) | |
Romansch | sor. (various references) | |
Romany | phen. (various references) | |
Ruanda | mwene manyu. (various references) | |
Russian | сестра (sis). (various references) | |
Samoan | uso. (various references) | |
Scottish | piuthar. (various references) | |
Sepedi | ngwanabo, kgaitaedi. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sestra (cousin, nurse). (various references) | |
Shona | munin'ina. (various references) | |
Sicilian | soru. (various references) | |
Sotho | kgaitsedi. (various references) | |
Spanish | hermana. (various references) | |
Sranan | sisa. (various references) | |
Swahili | dada. (various references) | |
Swazi | dzádze. (various references) | |
Swedish | syster (nurse). (various references) | |
Tagalog | kapatíd na babáe. (various references) | |
Thai | แม่ชี (Buddhist woman ascetic), น้องสาวหรือพี่สาว. (various references) | |
Turkish | rahibe (nun, priestess, vestal), kardeş (brother, buddy, fellow, fraternal, sibling), kızkardeş (sis), hemşire (health visitor, nurse, sick nurse), hastabakıcı (nurse, sick nurse), abla (elder sister, sis), <baci>, <abla>. (various references) | |
Turkmen | uяa. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сестра, черниця (conventual, nun). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ni cô chị y tá, chị y tá trưởng bà chị, chị (nephew, niece, sib). (various references) | |
Welsh | chwaer. (various references) | |
Xhosa | sisi. (various references) | |
Yucatec | kiik (elder sister), iits'in (brother, younger brother). (various references) | |
Zulu | usisi, udade. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | nin. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | consanguineis, germanam, sanctimonialis, soror, sorore, sororem, sorores, sorori, sororis, sororum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai thn basemmaq qugatera ismahl adelfhn nabaiwq |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Basemath quoque filiam Ismahel sororem Nabaioth |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Bethsemath the dowyter of Ismael, the sistir of Nabaioth. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Basmath Ismaels doughter and sister of Nebaioth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 36, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug kang Basemath, anak nga babaye ni Ismael, igsoon nga babaye ni Navaioth. |
| Croatian | i Basematu, kæer Jišmaelovu, sestru Nebajotovu. |
| Danish | og Ismaels Datter Basemat, Søster til Nebajot. |
| Dutch | En Basmath, de dochter van Ismael, zuster van Nebajoth. |
| Finnish | ja Baasematin, Ismaelin tyttären, Nebajotin sisaren. |
| French | et Basmath, fille d`Ismaël, soeur de Nebajoth. |
| German | und Basmath, Ismaels Tochter, Nebajoths Schwester. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Basmat, anak Ismael dan adik Nebayot. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan Basyemat, anak Ismail, yaitu saudara perempuan Nebayot. |
| Korean | 또 이 스 마 엘 의 딸 느 바 욧 의 누 이 바 스 맛 을 취 하 였 더 니 |
| Maori | Ratou ko Pahemata, tamahine a Ihimaera, tuahine o Neparoto. |
| Norwegian | og Basmat, Ismaels datter, Nebajots søster. |
| Portuguese | e Basemate, filha de Ismael, irmã de Nebaiote. |
| Rumanian | wi pe Basmat, fata lui Ismael, sora lui Nebaiot. - |
| Spanish | y a Basemat hija de Ismael, hermana de Nebayot. |
| Swedish | så ock Basemat, Ismaels dotter, Nebajots syster. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sister": sistered, sisterhood, sisterhoods, sistering, sisterly, sisters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sister": assister, insister, persister, resister, stepsister. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sister": assisters, insisters, persisters, resisters, stepsisters. (additional references) | |
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"Sister" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dimster, Isteri, kister, sagster, sastri, Scisti, seastar, seester, sester, sesterce, sewster, shiester, shister, Silstar, sinster, Sismey, sista, sisteen, sistem, sistere, sistern, siter, sitser, sitster, Sizergh, Sooster, Souster, syster, syter, zester, Zissler, zoster, Zostera. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sister" (pronounced si"ster) |
| 4 | -i" s t er | blister, Lister, Mister, transistor, twister. |
| 3 | -s t er | dumpster, duster, Easter, adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, aster, banister, bannister, barrister, blaster, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, caster, Castor, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, disaster, ester, faster, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, Gaster, grandmaster, hamster, harvester, headmaster, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, laster, Leister, lobster, Luster, lustre, master, minister, Minster, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, oleaster, ouster, oyster, paster, pastor, pester, pilaster, plaster, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, raster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, toastmaster, trickster, trimester, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: resist. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: rests, rises, rites, sires, sites, sties, stirs, tiers, tires, tress, tries. | |
-2 letters: erst, ires, reis, rest, rets, rise, rite, seis, sers, sets, sire, sirs, site, sits, sris, stir, tier, ties, tire. | |
-3 letters: ers, ess, ire, its, rei, res, ret, sei, ser, set, sir, sis, sit, sri, tie, tis. | |
-4 letters: er, es, et, is, it. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bestirs, bisters, bistres, dissert, esprits, estrins, inserts, listers, misters, persist, priests, relists, resifts, resists, resites, rosiest, satires, sifters, sinters, sisters, sitters, smiters, sorites, sorties, spriest, sprites, stirpes, stivers, stories, strides, strifes, strikes, stripes, strives, suiters, tigress, trioses, verists. | |
+2 letters: artiness, artistes, artsiest, assister, asterias, asterisk, asterism, atresias, blisters, briskest, briskets, bristles, bustiers, cisterns, citruses, crispest, crosstie, curtsies, diasters, diesters, diestrus, disaster, disrates, disserts, distress, editress, eristics, erotisms, estriols, friskets, glisters, gorsiest, gristles, heisters, hipsters, hoisters, horsiest, imprests, insister, iritises, keisters, kiesters, klisters, leisters, metrists, minsters, misrates, missteer, misterms, mistress, mortises, oestrins, pastries, persists, piasters, piastres, presifts, prosiest, prosties, pursiest, querists, raspiest, realists, reposits, resights, resisted, resister, resistor, respites, resplits, retsinas, retwists, revisits, revuists, rictuses, riftless, ripostes, riskiest, roisters, rushiest, rustiest, saltiers, saltires, sarkiest, satirise, scariest, sentries, seriates, serosity, shifters, shorties, sighters, sinister, sistered, sisterly, skirrets, skirters, skitters, slithers, slitters, smarties, smithers, snifters, sorriest, spinster, spiriest, spitters, spritzes, stainers, stearins, steroids, stickers, stiflers, stingers, stinkers, stinters, stirrers, striates, striders, strigose, strikers, stripers, strivers, studiers, stuivers, sturdies, styliser, sureties, surfeits, surfiest, surliest, swifters, swithers, tarsiers, tipsters, tireless, traipses, tressier, trigness, trimness, triposes, trisects, trisemes, trisomes, trusties, twisters, vestries, victress, visiters, waisters, waitress, wastries. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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