| inglese > italiano | |
| sister | |
| 1. sost. sorella | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| 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. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| sorella | |
| 1. subst. sister, sibling |  |
| 2. subst. sister (nun) |  |