soeur
See also: sœur
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sœʁ/
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Noun
soeur f (plural soeurs)
- Nonstandard spelling of sœur.
Usage notes
- The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.
Further reading
- “soeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- euros, ourse, roues
Middle French
Alternative forms
- seur
- suer
Etymology
From Old French suer, from Latin soror.
Noun
soeur f (plural soeurs)
- sister
Descendants
- French: sœur
Norman
Alternative forms
- soeu (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Noun
soeur f (plural soeurs)
- (Guernsey) sister