soeur

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See also: sœur

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sœʁ/
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Noun

soeur f (plural soeurs)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of sœur.

Usage notes

  • The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

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Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French suer, from Latin soror.

Noun

soeur f (plural soeurs)

  1. sister

Descendants

  • French: sœur

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

soeur f (plural soeurs)

  1. (Guernsey) sister