suster

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See also: Suster and šuster

English

Noun

suster (plural susters)

  1. (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!”

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zuster, from Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sœstər/
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Noun

suster (plural susters)

  1. sister
    Synonym: sus

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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)

  1. nun
    Synonym: biarawati
  2. (colloquial) nurse (female)
    Synonyms: juru rawat, ners, perawat

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Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

suster f

  1. sister
  2. sister, nun

Inflection

Strong feminine noun
singular plural
nominative suster sustere
accusative suster sustere
genitive suster, sustere sustere
dative suster, sustere susteren


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Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. A sister or step-sister; a female sibling.
  2. A (Christian) woman (i.e. as a "sister in life/Christ")
  3. A nun, anchoress; a woman living a religious lifestyle.
  4. (nautical) A catch to secure cords at sea.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Altered from Old Galician-Portuguese sostẽer, from Latin sustinēre (to sustain).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: sus‧ter

Verb

suster (first-person singular present sustenho, first-person singular preterite sustive, past participle sustido)

  1. to support (to keep from falling)
    Synonyms: apoiar, suportar, sustentar
  2. to sustain (to provide for or nourish something)
    Synonyms: alimentar, nutrir, tratar
  3. to detain (to keep (someone) from proceeding)
    Synonyms: conter, deter, parar
  4. to contain; to enclose
    Synonym: restringir

Conjugation

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

suster c (plural susters, diminutive susterke)

  1. sister
    Coordinate term: broer

Further reading

  • suster”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011