sororidade

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sorōritātem, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. By surface analysis, soror +‎ -idade.

Akin to Spanish sororidad, French sororité, English sorority.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.ɾo.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.ɾo.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.ɾo.ɾiˈda.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ɾu.ɾiˈda.dɨ/ [su.ɾu.ɾiˈða.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: so‧ro‧ri‧da‧de

Noun

sororidade f (plural sororidades)

1. sorority (a sororal group composed exclusively of females)
2. sisterhood (relation of friendship or similar types of affection among females)

See also

• irmã
• irmandade
• fraternidade