Meanings
nounolder sister (plural older sisters)
plural older sisters · alternative elder sister
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Afrikaans ousus
- oususmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Arabic الْأُخْت الْكُبْرَى, الشَّقِيقَة الْكُبْرَى
- الْأُخْت الْكُبْرَى (al-ʔuḵt al-kubrā)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
- الشَّقِيقَة الْكُبْرَى (aš-šaqīqa al-kubrā)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Bengali বুবু, আপা
- বুবু (bubu)single-word translations
- আপা (apa)single-word translations
- দিদি (didi)single-word translations
- দিদি ভাই (didi bhai)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Bulgarian ка́ка, по-голя́ма сестра́
- ка́ка (káka)single-word translations
- по-голя́ма сестра́ (po-goljáma sestrá)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Catalan germana gran
- germana granmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Chinese Cantonese 家姐, 姐姐
- 家姐single-word translations
- 姐姐single-word translations
Chinese Mandarin 姐姐, 姊姊
- 姐姐 (jiějie)single-word translations
- 姊姊 (zǐzǐ)single-word translations
Danish storesøster, storesøster
- storesøstersingle-word translations
- storesøstermulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Dutch oudere zus
- oudere zusmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Finnish isosisko
- isosiskomulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
French sœur aînée, grande sœur
- sœur aînéemulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
- grande sœurmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
German große Schwester
- große Schwestermulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Greek μεγάλη αδερφή
- μεγάλη αδερφή (megáli aderfí)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Hindi अग्रजा, दीदी
- अग्रजा (agrajā)single-word translations
- दीदी (dīdī)single-word translations
- दी (dī)single-word translations
- जीजी (jījī)single-word translations
- बड़ी बहन (baṛī bahan)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Hungarian nővér, néne
- nővérsingle-word translations
- nénesingle-word translations
Indonesian kakak
- kakaksingle-word translations
Italian tata
- tatasingle-word translations
Japanese 姉, お姉さん
- 姉 (ane)single-word translations
- お姉さん (onēsan)single-word translations
- 姉ちゃん (nēchan)single-word translations
- 姉上 (aneue)single-word translations
Korean 누나, 언니
- 누나 (nuna)single-word translations
- 언니 (eonni)single-word translations
Malay kakak
- kakaksingle-word translations
Māori tuahine, tuakana
- tuahinesingle-word translations
- tuakanasingle-word translations
Norwegian Bokmål storesøster
- storesøstermulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Polish starsza siostra, starsza siostra
- starsza siostrasingle-word translations
- starsza siostramulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Portuguese irmã mais velha
- irmã mais velhamulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Punjabi باجی
- باجی (bājī)single-word translations
Russian ста́ршая сестра́
- ста́ршая сестра́ (stáršaja sestrá)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Spanish ñaña, hermana mayor
- ñañasingle-word translations
- hermana mayormulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Swedish storasyster
- storasystermulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Tagalog ate
- atesingle-word translations
Tamil அக்கா, அக்கை
- அக்கா (akkā)single-word translations
- அக்கை (akkai)single-word translations
- அக்காள் (akkāḷ)single-word translations
- தமக்கை (tamakkai)single-word translations
- மூத்த சகோதரி (mūtta cakōtari)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Thai พี่สาว
- พี่สาว (pîi-sǎao)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Turkish abla
- ablasingle-word translations
Urdu آپا, آپی
- آپا (āpā)single-word translations
- آپی (āpī)single-word translations
- باجی (bājī)single-word translations
- دیدی (dīdī)single-word translations
- بڑی بہن (baṛī bahan)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Vietnamese chị, chị gái
- chịsingle-word translations
- chị gáimulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Cite this entry
APA
older sister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older%20sister
MLA
“older sister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older%20sister. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “older sister,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older%20sister.
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