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soră
sister /ˈso.rə/
noun#349 most common
Also: nurse (soră medicală), nun (in a convent)
Example sentences
Ea este sora mea.
She is my sister.
Am o soră mai mică.
I have a younger sister.
Sora mea locuiește la Cluj.
My sister lives in Cluj.
Vorbeam des cu sora mea despre planurile noastre.
I used to talk often with my sister about our plans.
Sora medicală de la spital ne-a explicat cu răbdare procedura.
The nurse from the hospital patiently explained the procedure to us.
Surorilor din mănăstire li se cerea să respecte tăcerea în timpul rugăciunii.
The nuns in the monastery were required to keep silence during prayer.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | soră | surori |
| Genitive | surorii | surorilor |
| Accusative | soră | surori |
| Vocative | soro | surorilor |
Word family
sorathe sister (definite form)
surioarălittle sistersoră medicalănurse
soră vitregăstepsister
consorăfemale colleague, fellow member
Etymology
Soră descends directly from Latin soror, sororis, meaning sister. Romanian inherited it from spoken Latin in the region, with the final syllable wearing down to -ă, the typical ending for feminine nouns. The word has kept its core meaning across two thousand years, and later picked up extended senses for a nurse and for a nun, much as English sister did.
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