Czech

Noun

sestra f

1. sister (sibling)
2. nurse (caring for the sick)
3. nun, sister

Declension

Synonyms

• (nurse): zdravotní sestra f
• (nun): jeptiška f

Related terms

• sesterský
• sestřenice
• sestřička

Interlingue

Noun

sestra

1. sister

Derived terms

• bel-sestra

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sẽestra, ultimately from Latin sinistra.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʃ.tɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛs.tɾɐ/

Noun

sestra f (plural sestras)

1. the left hand or foot
2. feminine equivalent of sestro

Synonyms

• (left hand): mão esquerda, canhota

Antonyms

• (left hand): destra, direita, mão direita

Adjective

sestra f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective sestro.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sestra, Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěstra/
• Hyphenation: ses‧tra

Noun

sèstra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling сѐстра)

1. sister
2. nun, short for časna sestra
3. nurse, short for medicinska sestra

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

sestra f ‎(genitive singular sestry, nominative plural sestry, declension pattern of žena)

1. sister
2. nun
3. nurse

Declension

Derived terms

• sesterský
• sestersky
• sesterstvo n
• sestrička f
• sestrin

References

• sestra in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ̀ːstra/
• Tonal orthography: séstra

Noun

sêstra f ‎(genitive sêstre or sestré, nominative plural sêstre or sestré)

1. sister

Declension