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Etymology

First use appears c. 1903, a modern revival of Old English Category:English terms borrowed from Old English#SIBLING Category:English learned borrowings from Old English#SIBLING Category:English terms derived from Old English#SIBLING sibling (“relative, a relation, kinsman”), equivalent to sib +‎ -lingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ling#SIBLING. Compare Middle English siblynges pl, sib, sibbe (“relative; kinsman”), German Sippe. The term apparently meant merely kin or relative until the 20th century when it was applied in a way that aided the study of genetics, which led to its specialized use. For example, the OED has a citation in 1902 in which sibling must be defined for those who do not know the intended meaning.^[1]

Pronunciation

enPR: sĭbʹ-lĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#SIBLING Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SIBLING, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪb.lin/Category:English 2-syllable words#SIBLING Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SIBLING
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SIBLING
Rhymes: -ɪblɪŋ Category:Rhymes:English/ɪblɪŋ#SIBLING Category:Rhymes:English/ɪblɪŋ/2 syllables#SIBLING
Hyphenation: sib‧ling

Noun

sibling (plural siblings)Category:English lemmas#SIBLING Category:English nouns#SIBLING Category:English countable nouns#SIBLING Category:English entries with incorrect language header#SIBLING Category:Pages with entries#SIBLING Category:Pages with 3 entries#SIBLING

A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
None of my siblings are married yet.Category:English terms with usage examples#SIBLING
(computing theory Category:en:Theory of computing#SIBLING) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
(taxonomy Category:en:Taxonomy#SIBLING) The most closely related species, or one of several most closely related species when none can be determined to be more closely related.
- 1990 April 1, P. Hutter et al., “A genetic basis for the inviability of hybrids between sibling species of Drosophila”, in Genetics‎, volume 124, number 4, pages 909–920:
  D. simulans, D. mauritiana and D. sechellia (which we will call “the siblings” when we do not need to distinguish among them) have homosequential polytene chromosome banding patterns differing from those of D. melanogaster by one long inversion on chromosome arm 3R and a few much smaller inversions.
  Category:English terms with quotations#SIBLING
- 2015 November 26, Lucie Vaníčková et al., “Current knowledge of the species complex Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Brazil”, in ZooKeys, volume 540, →DOI, pages 211–237:
  Bush suggested that this difference might represent a case of chromosomal polymorphism or, more likely, sibling species.
  Category:English terms with quotations#SIBLING

Translations

person who shares same parents — see also brother,‎ sister

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Arabic: شَقِيق (ar) m (šaqīq)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#SIBLING, شَقِيقَة f (šaqīqa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#SIBLING
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܚ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ m pl (aḥwāṯē)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#SIBLING (in the plural)
Azerbaijani: bacı-qardaşCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#SIBLING
Bajau:
West Coast Bajau: adi'Category:Terms with West Coast Bajau translations#SIBLING (younger)
Balinese: adiCategory:Terms with Balinese translations#SIBLING (younger)
Banjarese: dangsanak (bjn)Category:Terms with Banjarese translations#SIBLING
Batak:
Karo Batak: agiCategory:Terms with Karo Batak translations#SIBLING
Bengali: সহোদর (bn) (śohōdor)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#SIBLING
Central Bikol: tugang (bcl)Category:Terms with Central Bikol translations#SIBLING
Bulgarian: брат (bg) m (brat)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SIBLING, сестра (bg) f (sestra)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SIBLING
Burmese: မောင်နှမ (my) (maunghna.ma.)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#SIBLING
Catalan: germà (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SIBLING, germana (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SIBLING
Cherokee: (opposite sex of speaker) ᎤᏙ (udo)Category:Terms with Cherokee translations#SIBLING
Chickasaw: ittibaapishiCategory:Terms with Chickasaw translations#SIBLING, tibaapishiCategory:Terms with Chickasaw translations#SIBLING
Chinese:
Hokkien: 兄弟姊妹 (zh-min-nan) (hiaⁿ-tī-chí-mōe, hiaⁿ-tī-chí-moāi)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#SIBLING

Mandarin: 兄弟姐妹 (zh) (xiōngdì jiěmèi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SIBLING Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SIBLING, 兄弟 (zh) (xiōngdì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SIBLING (brother(s)), 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SIBLING Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SIBLING (sister(s)), 同胞 (zh) (tóngbāo)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#SIBLING Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#SIBLING
Czech: sourozenec (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#SIBLING
Danish: bror (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SIBLING, søster (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SIBLING, søskende (da) c plCategory:Terms with Danish translations#SIBLING
Dutch: (uncommon) brus (nl) m or fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SIBLING, (chiefly academic) sibling (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SIBLING
Esperanto: gefratoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SIBLING, gefratoj (eo) plCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#SIBLING
Estonian: õveCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#SIBLING (rare)
Ewe: nɔviCategory:Terms with Ewe translations#SIBLING, tsɛCategory:Terms with Ewe translations#SIBLING (younger sibling)
Faroese: systkin (fo) n plCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#SIBLING
Fijian: taciCategory:Terms with Fijian translations#SIBLING (younger)
Finnish: sisarus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SIBLING
French: frère et sœur m or plCategory:Terms with French translations#SIBLING, adelphe (fr) m or fCategory:Terms with French translations#SIBLING, fratrie (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#SIBLING, germain (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#SIBLING, sibling (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#SIBLING, frères et sœurs m pl or f plCategory:Terms with French translations#SIBLING, frœur (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#SIBLING
Galician: irmán (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SIBLING, irmá (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#SIBLING
Georgian: დედმამიშვილი (dedmamišvili)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SIBLING, და-ძმა (da-ʒma)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#SIBLING
German: Geschwisterchen (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#SIBLING, Geschwisterkind (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#SIBLING, Bruder (de)Category:Terms with German translations#SIBLING (male sibling, brother), Schwester (de)Category:Terms with German translations#SIBLING (female sibling, sister), Geschwister (de) plCategory:Terms with German translations#SIBLING
Greek: αδέλφι (el) (adélfi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SIBLING
Greenlandic: qatanngutCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#SIBLING
Hebrew: אַחַאי mCategory:Terms with Hebrew translations#SIBLING
Higaonon: suludCategory:Terms with Higaonon translations#SIBLING
Hindi: सहोदर (hi) m (sahodar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#SIBLING
Hungarian: testvér (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#SIBLING
Icelandic: systkin (is) n plCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#SIBLING
Ido: frato (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#SIBLING
Ilocano: kabsatCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#SIBLING, kabagisCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#SIBLING, kakaCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#SIBLING (older), adingCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#SIBLING (younger)
Indonesian: kakak (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SIBLING (older), adik (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SIBLING (younger), saudara (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#SIBLING (regardless of age)
Iranun: ariCategory:Terms with Iranun translations#SIBLING (younger), dadi'Category:Terms with Iranun translations#SIBLING (younger)
Irish: siblín mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#SIBLING (technical); (in the plural) deartháireacha agus/nó deirfiúrachaCategory:Terms with Irish translations#SIBLING
Isnag: waxiCategory:Terms with Isnag translations#SIBLING
Italian: fratello (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SIBLING, sorella (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SIBLING, parente (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#SIBLING, congiunto (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SIBLING, consanguineo (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#SIBLING, germano (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SIBLING
Japanese: 兄弟 (ja) (きょうだい, kyōdai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SIBLING兄弟姉妹 (ja) (きょうだいしまい, kyōdai shimai)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SIBLING, 同胞 (ja) (どうほう, dōhō)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SIBLING, 同胞 (ja) (harakara)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SIBLING
Javanese: sadulur (jv)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#SIBLING (regardless of age), sadhèrèkCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#SIBLING (regardless of age), adhi (jv)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#SIBLING (younger), rayi (jv)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#SIBLING (younger), ariCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#SIBLING (younger), kangmasCategory:Terms with Javanese translations#SIBLING (older)
Kabuverdianu: armunCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#SIBLING, irmonCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#SIBLING
Kapampangan: kapatadCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#SIBLING
Kazakh: бауыр (kk) (bauyr)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#SIBLING
Kongo: lêkiCategory:Terms with Kongo translations#SIBLING (younger), yayaCategory:Terms with Kongo translations#SIBLING (elder)
Korean: 형제(兄弟) (ko) (hyeongje)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SIBLING, 형제자매 (hyeongjejamae)Category:Terms with Korean translations#SIBLING
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xwişkûbira (ku) plCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#SIBLING, xwişk û bira plCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#SIBLING
Laboya: aliCategory:Terms with Laboya translations#SIBLING (younger), kaiyaCategory:Terms with Laboya translations#SIBLING (older)
Lao: ອ້າຽນ້ອຽ (’āi nǭi)Category:Lao terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#SIBLING Category:Terms with Lao translations#SIBLING, ອ້າຍນ້ອງ (ʼāi nǭng)Category:Terms with Lao translations#SIBLING
Latin: germanus (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#SIBLING, germana (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#SIBLING, frater (la) mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SIBLING, soror (la) fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#SIBLING
Latvian: brālis (lv) mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#SIBLING, māsa (lv) fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#SIBLING
Lithuanian: brolija fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#SIBLING
Low German: Bölkenkind nCategory:Terms with Low German translations#SIBLING
Lushootseed: (older than self) sqaCategory:Terms with Lushootseed translations#SIBLING, (younger than self) suq'ʷaʔCategory:Terms with Lushootseed translations#SIBLING
Malay: abang (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SIBLING (older, male), kakak (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SIBLING (older), adik (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SIBLING (younger)
Jawi: ابڠ (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SIBLING (older, male), کاکقCategory:Terms with Malay translations#SIBLING (older), اديق (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#SIBLING (younger)
Malayalam: സഹോദരർ c pl (sahōdaraṟ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#SIBLING
Minangkabau: dunsanak (min)Category:Terms with Minangkabau translations#SIBLING
Naga:
Khiamniungan Naga: thāthōngCategory:Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations#SIBLING, thāthōngCategory:Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations#SIBLING
Navajo: bił hajííjééʼ plCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#SIBLING (blood siblings sharing the mother), hakʼisCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#SIBLING (same sex as you), halahCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#SIBLING (opposite sex from you)
Norwegian: søsken (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#SIBLING
Paiwan: marekakakakaCategory:Terms with Paiwan translations#SIBLING
Pangasinan: agikCategory:Terms with Pangasinan translations#SIBLING
Pennsylvania German: Gschwischder nCategory:Terms with Pennsylvania German translations#SIBLING
Persian: هم‌نیا (ham-niâ)Category:Terms with Persian translations#SIBLING, همشیره (fa) (hamšire)Category:Terms with Persian translations#SIBLING
Pirahã: ’ahaigí–gíiCategory:Terms with Pirahã translations#SIBLING
Polish: rodzeństwo (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SIBLING
Portuguese: irmão (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#SIBLING, irmã (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#SIBLING
Russian: брат (ru) m (brat)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SIBLING (brother), сестра́ (ru) f (sestrá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SIBLING (sister), си́блинг (ru) m (síbling)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SIBLING (neologism, rare), сибс (ru) m (sibs)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SIBLING
Slovak: súrodenec (sk) mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#SIBLING
Slovene: sorojenec mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#SIBLING
Spanish: hermano (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIBLING, hermana (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SIBLING
Swahili: ndugu (sw) class 9/10Category:Terms with Swahili translations#SIBLING
Swedish: syskon (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SIBLING
Tagalog: kapatid (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#SIBLING, kaka (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#SIBLING (older)
Tatar: кардәш (tt) (qärdäş)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#SIBLING
Telugu: తోబుట్టువు (te) (tōbuṭṭuvu)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#SIBLING
Thai: พี่ (th) (pîi)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SIBLING (older), น้อง (th) (nɔ́ɔng)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SIBLING (younger), both often used loosely for non-relatives, พี่น้อง (th) (pîi-nɔ́ɔng)Category:Terms with Thai translations#SIBLING
Tonga (Zambia): munyokoCategory:Terms with Tonga (Zambia) translations#SIBLING
Turkish: kardeş (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#SIBLING
Ukrainian: суро́дженець m (suródženecʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SIBLING, родже́нство n (rodžénstvo)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#SIBLING
Urdu: سہودر m (sahodar)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#SIBLING
Uyghur: قېرىنداش (ug) (qërindash)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#SIBLING
Vietnamese: anh chị em (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#SIBLING
Volapük: (♂♀) gem (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#SIBLING, (♂) higem (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#SIBLING, (♀) jigem (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#SIBLING
Waray-Waray: bug-toCategory:Terms with Waray-Waray translations#SIBLING
Welsh: sibling (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#SIBLING (technical); (in the plural) brodyr a/neu chwioryddCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#SIBLING
Yoruba: àbúròCategory:Terms with Yoruba translations#SIBLING (younger sibling), ẹ̀gbọ́nCategory:Terms with Yoruba translations#SIBLING (older sibling)
Zazaki: bra (diq) mCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#SIBLING, wa (diq) fCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#SIBLING

References

↑ Karl Pearson; Alice Lee (1903), “On the laws of inheritance in man”, in Biometrika, volume 2, number 4, page 369: “These [calculations] will enable us […] to predict the probable character in any individual from a knowledge of one or more parents or brethren (“siblings,” = brothers or sisters).”

Anagrams

Giblins

Category:en:Siblings#SIBLING

Dutch

Etymology

From English Category:Dutch terms borrowed from English#SIBLING Category:Dutch terms derived from English#SIBLING sibling. Equivalent to native Dutch sibbe (“kinship; family”) +‎ -ling (“-ling”)Category:Dutch terms suffixed with -ling#SIBLING.

Noun

sibling m (plural siblingen, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#SIBLING Category:Dutch nouns#SIBLING Category:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#SIBLING Category:Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines#SIBLING Category:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#SIBLING Category:Dutch masculine nouns#SIBLING Category:Pages with entries#SIBLING Category:Pages with 3 entries#SIBLING

(chiefly academic) sibling
Synonym: (uncommon) brus

Usage notes

There is no single word for "sibling" in general use. By far the most common is to say broers en zussen, taken collectively.

Related terms

Old English

Category:ang:Family members#SIBLINGrelative, kinsman
- 10c., Ælfric's Preface to Genesis‎:
  tō folces ēacan, and man ne mihte þā æt fruman wīfian būton on his siblingum.
  And then at the beginning a man could not take a wife, except for among his relatives.
  Category:Old English terms with quotations#SIBLING

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sibling	siblingas
accusative	sibling	siblingas
genitive	siblinges	siblinga
dative	siblinge	siblingum

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Descendants

→ English: sibling (learned)

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