sororidad

From Renaissance Late Latin sorōritātem, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Portuguese sororidade, French sororité, English sorority.

• IPA^(key): /soɾoɾiˈdad/ [so.ɾo.ɾiˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: so‧ro‧ri‧dad

sororidad f (plural sororidades)

1. (feminism) sisterhood (the idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors)
2. (US, Philippines) sorority
   1. a female fraternity; a sisterhood (a fraternal group composed exclusively of females)
   2. a social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters

• fraternidad

• hermandad

• “sororidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28