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sibling

sib·ling
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sib-ling]
    • /ˈsɪb lɪŋ/
    • /ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sib-ling]
    • /ˈsɪb lɪŋ/

Definitions of sibling word

  • noun sibling a brother or sister. 1
  • noun sibling Anthropology. a comember of a sib, a unilateral descent group thought to share kinship through a common ancestor. 1
  • adjective sibling of or relating to a brother or sister: sibling rivalry. 1
  • noun sibling brother, sister 1
  • noun sibling relating to brothers or sisters 1
  • countable noun sibling Your siblings are your brothers and sisters. 0
See all 10 definitions of sibling

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Origin of sibling

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; late Middle English: relative, Old English; see sib, -ling1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sibling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sibling

sibling popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sibling usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sibling

noun sibling

  • affiliate — An affiliate is an organization which is officially connected with another, larger organization or is a member of it.
  • aunt — Someone's aunt is the sister of their mother or father, or the wife of their uncle.
  • ben — an inner room in a house or cottage
  • brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
  • father-in-law — the father of one's husband or wife.

adjective sibling

  • fraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
All 29 Synonyms of sibling

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    the fitness of an individual organism as measured in terms of the survival and reproductive success of its kin, each relative being valued according to the probability of shared genetic information, an offspring or sibling having a value of 50 percent and a cousin 25 percent.

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    the mourning period, following the funeral and lasting traditionally for seven days, observed by Jews for a deceased parent, sibling, child, or spouse.

  • sibling species

    one of two or more species that closely resemble one another but whose members cannot interbreed successfully.
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