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English
Noun
suster (plural susters)
- (African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of sister.
2014 March, Udine C Fontenot Powel, Is This Time Forever?, page 247:Tigger turns to me and says “Mommy, that was my brudder and suster!”
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zuster, from Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
Noun
suster (plural susters)
- sister
- Synonym: sus
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch zuster (“sister, nun, nurse”), from Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
Noun
sustêr (plural suster-suster or para suster)
- nun
- Synonym: biarawati
- (colloquial) nurse (female)
- Synonyms: juru rawat, ners, perawat
Derived terms
Further reading
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Noun
suster f
- sister
- sister, nun
Inflection
Strong feminine noun
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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suster
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sustere
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accusative
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suster
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sustere
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genitive
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suster, sustere
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sustere
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dative
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suster, sustere
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susteren
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Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
- cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr
- swuster (Early Middle English)
- sussterr (Ormulum)
- zoster (Kent)
Etymology
From Old English sweostor, swustor, sweoster, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse systir.
Pronunciation
Noun
suster (plural sustren or sustres or (rare) suster, genitive sustres or suster)
- A sister or step-sister; a female sibling.
- A (Christian) woman (i.e. as a "sister in life/Christ")
- A nun, anchoress; a woman living a religious lifestyle.
- (nautical) A catch to secure cords at sea.
Descendants
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Altered from Old Galician-Portuguese sostẽer, from Latin sustinēre (“to sustain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
suster (first-person singular present sustenho, first-person singular preterite sustive, past participle sustido)
- to support (to keep from falling)
- Synonyms: apoiar, suportar, sustentar
- to sustain (to provide for or nourish something)
- Synonyms: alimentar, nutrir, tratar
- to detain (to keep (someone) from proceeding)
- Synonyms: conter, deter, parar
- to contain; to enclose
- Synonym: restringir
Conjugation
Derived terms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Noun
suster c (plural susters, diminutive susterke)
- sister
- Coordinate term: broer
Further reading
- “suster”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011