Dictionary

sorority en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈrɔrəti/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /səˈrɒrɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.

Meanings

1. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
2. (Philippines, US) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
   • Every day is a party at this sorority!
   • 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 2024:

Forms

Deriveds

sorostitute · intersorority · fratority · sororitylike

Relateds

fraternity

Synonyms

srat · women's fraternity

Translations (29)

mk сестринство (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · cs dívčí spolek (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · pt irmandade (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · cy chwaeroliaeth (social organization of female students at a college or university) · bg сестринство (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · fi sisarkunta (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · sv systerskap (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · ca sororitat (social organization of female students at a college or university) · fi sisaristo (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · es sororidad (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · fr sororité (social organization of female students at a college or university) · fi tyttökerho (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · pt sororidade (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · cmn 婦女聯誼會 /妇女联谊会 (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · da søsterskab (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · fi sisarkunta (social organization of female students at a college or university) · de Verbindung von College-Studentinnen (social organization of female students at a college or university) · pl korporacja studentek (social organization of female students at a college or university) · de Schwesternschaft (social organization of female students at a college or university) · pl stowarzyszenie kobiet (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · cmn 女學生聯誼會 /女学生联谊会 (social organization of female students at a college or university) · ru сестринство (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · fi naisyhdistys (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · es sororidad (social organization of female students at a college or university) · ga seathras (social organization of female students at a college or university) · cs sesterstvo (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) · fi naisyhdistys (social organization of female students at a college or university) · mk сестринство (social organization of female students at a college or university) · ga seathras (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose)