English-French translations for sister

• fr
• sœur
  Nous avons la petite sœur de Big Brother qui attend notre approbation. We have big brother's little sister waiting for our approval.
  Aujourd'hui, nous proclamons notre soutien à nos frères et sœurs roms. Today we are speaking up for our Roma brothers and sisters.
  On n'a pas enquêté sur le meurtre des sœurs adolescentes Belneyski. The murder of the teenage Belneyski sisters was not investigated.
• confrère
• frère
  Aujourd'hui, nous proclamons notre soutien à nos frères et sœurs roms. Today we are speaking up for our Roma brothers and sisters.
  Ce sont nos frères et nos soeurs qui se font assassiner. It is our sisters and brothers who are being murdered there.
• grande sœur
• infirmière
• nonne
  Trois sœurs de mon grand-père étaient nonnes catholiques dans ce qui était alors la Rhodésie et l'Afrique du Sud. Three of my grandfather's sisters were Catholic nuns in the then Rhodesia and in South Africa.
• petite sœur
  Nous avons la petite sœur de Big Brother qui attend notre approbation. We have big brother's little sister waiting for our approval.
• religieuse
  Les frères et les s?urs qui vivent dans la communauté religieuse de Bethléem ne peuvent être considérés comme des otages. The monks and sisters who live in the religious community of Bethlehem cannot be considered hostages.
  Une religieuse enceinte d'un prêtre devait quitter la congrégation, tandis que le prêtre concerné pouvait continuer à remplir ses fonctions. When one sister became pregnant by a priest, she had to leave the community, whilst the priest involved could carry on with his calling.
  Une communauté de religieuses italiennes et françaises donné l'alarme et noté ces derniers jours une inquiétante recrudescence des interventions gouvernementales malvenues à leur égard. The alarm has been raised by a community of sisters - Italian and French nuns - who have been the object of a disturbing increase in unwanted government attention, not least, in recent days.

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