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sibling

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

Translations

siblingnoun

siblings

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

братВ зависимости от пола лица; о родном брате или единокровном/единоутробном брате.

He is my sibling.

Он мой брат.

сестраВ зависимости от пола лица; о родной сестре или единокровной/единоутробной сестре.

She is my sibling.

Она моя сестра.

Additional translations

сиблингГендерно-нейтральное заимствование; употребляется в спец. контекстах.

Synonyms

family member

Antonyms

only child

siblingadjective

/ˈsɪblɪŋ/

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

родственныйО братьях и сёстрах; в значении «относящийся к родным братьям и сёстрам».

Sibling relationships can be complicated.

Родственные отношения между братьями и сёстрами могут быть сложными.

Additional translations

сиблинговыйСпец.; биол., психол.

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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.