English-Finnish translations for sister

• fi
• sisar
  Pyhä Maximilian, pyhä Edith, pyhän ristin sisar Benedicta, rukoilkaa puolestamme. Saint Maximilian, Saint Edith, Sister Benedicta of the Cross, pray for us.
  Toisen uhrin sisar kertoi toimittajille, että oli häpeällistä, ettei heitä tuomittu kidutuksesta. The sister of one of the victims told reporters that it was shameful that they were not convicted of torture.
  Silloin voimme katsoa keskuudessamme olevaa vierasta niin, ettei hän ole muukalainen, vaan ihmisperheen, Jumalan perheen, veli tai sisar. Then do we behold the stranger amongst us not as an alien, but as a brother or sister in the human family, the family of God.
• isosisko
• pikkusisko
  Isoveljen pikkusisko odottaa hyväksyntäämme. We have big brother's little sister waiting for our approval.
  Ei ole mitään järkeä tehdä eroa alle ja yli kolmivuotiaiden lasten välille, sillä EU:n on vaikea valvoa, lainaako pikkusisko isoveljensä leluja. There is no sense in distinguishing between children under and over three years of age, for it is difficult for the EU to monitor whether baby sister borrows her big brother’s toys.
• sairaanhoitajatar
• sisko
  Sisämarkkinoiden toimivuus ja sosiaalinen Eurooppa ovat kuin sisko ja veli ja ne kulkevat käsi kädessä. The viability of the internal market and a social Europe are like brother and sister: they go hand in hand.

Examples

• At the convent, Sister Grace supervises the kitchen
• Please welcome Sister Smith as she moves from her former congregation to her new congregation
• Could you say a prayer for me, Sister?
• Native American leader Chief Seattle urged ecological responsibility, referring to Brother Eagle and Sister Sky in his [[W:Henry A. Smith#The Speech Controversy
• purported 1854 speech]]

Related words

• sister-in-law
• sisters
• sisters-in-law
• sisterwife
• sisterhood
• stepsister
• half-sister
• sister-wife
• sisterly