Meanings
plural sororities
- A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
- PhilippinesUSA social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
Every day is a party at this sorority!
1 more example
And Florida State University suspended all frats and sororities for two months after the November 2017 death of Pi Kappa Phi pledge Andrew Coffey, which has since been determined to have been due to hazing, according to police. […] When Jo Hannah Burch pledged a sorority at Young Harris College, a private liberal arts college in North Georgia, she too was looking to meet new people.
2018 August 25, Dakin Andone, “They pledge. Get hazed. The cycle continues”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024Synonyms: srat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swésōr
- Latinsoror“sister”
- Renaissance Latinsorōritās
- Englishsorority
PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.
More words from Renaissance Latin, Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian сестринство
- сестринство (sestrinstvo)group of women or girls associated for a common purpose
Catalan sororitat
- sororitatsocial organization of female students at a college or university
Chinese Mandarin 婦女聯誼會 /妇女联谊会, 女學生聯誼會 /女学生联谊会
- 婦女聯誼會 /妇女联谊会 (fùnǚ liányìhuì)group of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- 女學生聯誼會 /女学生联谊会 (nǚxuéshēng liányìhuì)social organization of female students at a college or university
Czech sesterstvo, dívčí spolek
- sesterstvogroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- dívčí spolekgroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
Danish søsterskab
- søsterskabgroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
Finnish sisarkunta, sisaristo
- sisarkuntagroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- sisaristogroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- naisyhdistysgroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- tyttökerhogroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- sisarkuntasocial organization of female students at a college or university
- naisyhdistyssocial organization of female students at a college or university
French sororité
- sororitésocial organization of female students at a college or university
German Verbindung von College-Studentinnen, Schwesternschaft
- Verbindung von College-Studentinnensocial organization of female students at a college or university
- Schwesternschaftsocial organization of female students at a college or university
Irish seathras, seathras
- seathrasgroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- seathrassocial organization of female students at a college or university
Polish stowarzyszenie kobiet, korporacja studentek
- stowarzyszenie kobietgroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- korporacja studenteksocial organization of female students at a college or university
Portuguese sororidade, irmandade
- sororidadegroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- irmandadegroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
Russian сестринство
- сестринство (sestrinstvo)group of women or girls associated for a common purpose
Spanish sororidad, sororidad
- sororidadgroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
- sororidadsocial organization of female students at a college or university
Swedish systerskap
- systerskapgroup of women or girls associated for a common purpose
Welsh chwaeroliaeth
- chwaeroliaethsocial organization of female students at a college or university
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sorority
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sorority. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorority
“sorority.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorority. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sorority,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorority.
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