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sibling

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

Translations

siblingnoun

siblings

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

frère ou sœurTerme neutre pour désigner un frère ou une sœur, sans préciser le sexe.

A sibling may live far away.

Un frère ou une sœur peut vivre loin.

frères et sœurs

She has two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister.

Elle a deux frères et sœurs, un frère aîné et une sœur cadette.

Additional translations

dossiers frèresInformatique, pour des éléments partageant le même parent immédiat.

Synonyms

family member

Antonyms

only child

siblingadjective

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

Used attributively to denote relationship between individuals sharing parents (e.g., 'sibling rivalry', 'sibling species').

fraternelS'emploie pour ce qui concerne des frères et sœurs ou des liens de parenté directe.

Sibling rivalry often emerges when children compete for parental attention.

La rivalité fraternelle apparaît souvent lorsque les enfants se disputent l’attention de leurs parents.

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Definitions

siblingnoun

A brother or sister; one of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common.

She has two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister.

In hierarchical structures, an element that shares the same immediate parent with another element.

In the directory tree, the folders 'images' and 'videos' are siblings.

siblingadjective

Sharing the same parent or originating from the same source; pertaining to siblings.

Sibling rivalry often emerges when children compete for parental attention.

Closely related and morphologically similar yet reproductively isolated from another taxon of the same rank.

The two mosquitoes are considered sibling species because they cannot interbreed.