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sister noun

1. gen sœur f;

2. GB (nurse) infirmière f chef.

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'sister' found in these entries:

English:

baby - count - get - half-sister - nothing - round - sister-in-law - this - twin

French:

aîné - belle-sœur - cadet - comme - demi-sœur - frangine - grand - mener - par - sœur - son

sister: WordReference French-English Dictionary © 2008

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
sister	n	(relative)	sœur nf
My sister lives in the city.
Ma sœur habite en ville.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
sister	adj	(ship)	jumeau adj
The cruise liner is moored next to its sister ship.
* Les deux navires jumeaux du Titanic étaient l'Olympic et le Britannic.
sister	adj	(city)	jumeau adj
Our sister city is in Germany.
Notre ville jumelle est en Allemagne.
Sister	n	(nun) religion chrétienne	religieuse nf
		familier	bonne sœur nf
She is a sister in a Catholic order.
Elle est religieuse dans une congrégation catholique.
* A Lourdes, il y a des bonnes sœurs partout !
sister	n	(kinswoman)	sœur nf
We're all sisters in this community.
Nous sommes toutes sœurs dans notre communauté.
sister	n	(friend)	ami nm
Note: N'utiliser "sœur " dans ce sens que dans un contexte de traduction (ex. film sur les noirs américains).
Come here and let me hug you, sister.
Laisse-moi te serrer dans mes bras, mon amie.
sister	n	(member of a group)	membre nm
Our organization has seventy sisters so far.
Notre organisation comprend pour le moment 70 membres.
sister	n	UK (nurse)	infirmière-chef nf
The sister said I should be able to go home tomorrow.
L'infirmière-chef a dit que je devrais pouvoir rentrer à la maison demain.
sister	n	colloquial (woman) familier	vieille nf
You got that right, sister.
T'as bien pigé, ma vieille.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
big sister			grande sœur
elder-sister		nf	sœur aînée
good sister			bonne sœur
half sister		nf	demi-sœur
half-sister		nf	demi-sœur
half-sister		nf	demi-sœur
kid sister		nf	sœurette
sister ship		nm	sister-ship
sister-in-law		nf	sœur du conjoint
sister-in-law		nf	belle-sœur
twin sister		nf	sœur jumelle
younger sister		nf	dernière de deux (dernière de deux)
youngest sister		nf	cadette (benjamine)
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baby sister
Beautiful Sister
Brother / sister of the faith
brother and sister
brother/ sister in law
But sometimes my sister and I argue over little things
dear sister
EN: Have you a sister? / Have you got a sister? - grammaire
FR: if something happens to your father or your sister - grammaire
God-sister
have you and your sister written to each other recently?
Hook a sister up
host sister
how are you doing, little sister
How is your brother/sister/friend etc?
How is your sister?
How old are your brothers and sister?
I don't know about you, but I think that my sister is the best photographer in the world !!
I lose my temper more easily than my sister
I loved you like a sister and now you intimidate me.
I tried to make my sister believe that...
Jacksonville and Nantes are sister cities
little sister
little sister
middle sister
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law
My eldest sister, my second/next eldest sister...
my mother told me to apologize to my sister
My sister drank
my sister is raised to believe that family comes first
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