soeur

See also: sœur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœʁ/

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Noun

soeur f (plural soeurs)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. (Guernsey) sister