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sister

Schwester

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
sister
1. [1] Weibliches Geschwisterkind
2. [2] Weibliches Mitglied einer religiösen Gemeinschaft.
3. [3] {{BE, }}, Australien: Weibliche Assistentin eines Arztes (insbesondere im Krankenhaus)
4. [4] {{AE}} (umgangssprachlich): Bezeichnung einer Frau oder eines Mädchens
[1] I've got two sisters and one brother.
Ich habe zwei Schwestern und einen Bruder.
Englisch > Englisch
sister
1. subst. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
My sister is always driving me crazy.
2. subst. A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
3. subst. Any butterfly in the genus , so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.
4. subst. (British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
5. subst. Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.
6. subst. (slang) A black woman.
7. subst. (informal) (A form of address to a woman.)
8. subst. A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
9. subst. (attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
sister publication, sister city, sister projects
10. subst. (comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
11. subst. (usually attributively) Something in the same class.
sister ships, sister facility
12. v. (transitive, construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
13. v. (obsolete, transitive) To be sister to; to resemble closely.
Deutsch > Englisch
Schwester
1. n-f. sister
Meine Schwester kommt morgen. - My sister is coming tomorrow.
2. n-f. (chiefly colloquial, short for Krankenschwester) nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
3. n-f. nurse; used as a title of address for nurses
4. n-f. (Christianity) sister; nun; used particularly, but not only, as a title of address