sororité

French

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, English sorority.

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Noun

sororité f (plural sororités)

1. sisterhood (state of being sisters)

See also

• paternité
• maternité
• fraternité

Further reading

• “sororité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.