# sestra
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛstra]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sestra f (diminutive sestřička)
* sister (sibling)
    Synonym: ségra
* nurse (caring for the sick)
    Synonym: zdravotní sestra
* nun, sister
    Synonym: jeptiška

#### Related terms

* sesterský
* sestřenice

#### See also

* bratr

### Further reading

* “sestra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “sestra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “sestra”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈsɛstra/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈsɛstra/

### Noun

sestra f
* sister
    strýčená/tetěná/ujčená sestra ― cousin

#### Derived terms

* sestřěnicě

#### Descendants

* Czech: sestra

### References

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sestra”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽestra, from Latin Latin sinistra.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛs.tɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛs.tɾɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsɛʃ.tɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛs.tɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛʃ.tɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: ses‧tra

### Noun

sestra f (plural sestras)
* the left hand or foot
    Synonyms: mão esquerda, canhota
    Antonyms: destra, direita, mão direita
* female equivalent of sestro

### Adjective

sestra
* feminine singular of sestro

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sěstra/
* Hyphenation: ses‧tra

### Noun

sèstra f (Cyrillic spelling сѐстра)
* sister
* nun, short for časna sestra
* nurse, short for medicinska sestra

#### Derived terms

* sèstrīn
* sèstrīnskī
* sèstrica
* sȅstrična
* sȅstrić
* sèstrīnstvo

### Further reading

* “sestra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsestra]

### Noun

sestra f (genitive singular sestry, nominative plural sestry, genitive plural sestier, sestár, declension pattern of žena)
* sister
* nun
* nurse

#### Derived terms

* sesterský
* sestersky
* sesterstvo n
* sestrička f
* sestrin

### Further reading

* “sestra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛ̀ːstra/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

séstra f
* sister

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “sestra”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “sestra”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references