half sister
See also: halfsister and half-sister
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English halfesister, half-suster, half sister, equivalent to half + sister.[1][2] Compare Dutch halfzus, halfzuster (“half-sister”), German Halbschwester (“half-sister”), Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”), Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhæf sɪstɚ/
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Noun
[edit]half sister (plural half sisters)
- A female sibling sharing a single parent.
- Hypernym: half sibling
- (horse racing) A female half sibling (same dam, different sires).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a female half sibling
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daughter of the same father but a different mother
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daughter of the same mother but a different father
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References
[edit]- ^ “half-suster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “half-sister, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
