sorority

English

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈrɒrɪti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈrɔrəti/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti

Noun

sorority (plural sororities)

1. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
2. (US, Philippines) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

   Synonym: srat

Synonyms

• women's fraternity

Translations

group of women or girls associated for a common purpose

• Bulgarian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婦女聯誼會／妇女联谊会 (fùnǚliányíhuì)

• Czech: sesterstvo n, dívčí spolek m
• Finnish: sisarkunta, sisaristo, naisyhdistys, tyttökerho
• Irish: seathras m
• Macedonian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Polish: stowarzyszenie kobiet n
• Portuguese: sororidade (pt) f, irmandade (pt) f
• Russian: сестринство (ru) (sestrinstvo)
• Spanish: sororidad (es)
• Swedish: systerskap (sv)

social organization of female students at a college or university

• Catalan: sororitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女學生聯誼會／女学生联谊会 (nǚxuéshēngliányíhuì)

• Finnish: sisarkunta, naisyhdistys
• French: sororité (fr) f
• German: Verbindung von College-Studentinnen f, Schwesternschaft f
• Irish: seathras m
• Macedonian: сестринство n (sestrinstvo)
• Polish: korporacja studentek f
• Spanish: sororidad (es)
• Welsh: chwaeroliaeth f

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zusterlijkheid
• German: ^{(please verify)} Schwesterlichkeit (de) f
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} sororitate
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} sororità
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} sororitas
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} خواهری (fa)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} sororidad (es) f

See also

• fraternity