sororidade

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sorōritātem, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. By surface analysis, soror +‎ -idade.

Akin to Spanish sororidad, French sororité, English sorority.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.ɾo.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.ɾo.ɾiˈda.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.ɾu.ɾiˈda.dɨ/ [su.ɾu.ɾiˈða.ðɨ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
  • Hyphenation: so‧ro‧ri‧da‧de

Noun

sororidade f (plural sororidades)

  1. sorority (a sororal group composed exclusively of females)
  2. sisterhood (relation of friendship or similar types of affection among females)

See also
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