sib
[ sib ]
/ sɪb /
adjective
related by blood; akin.
noun
a kinsman; relative.
one's kin or kindred.
Anthropology. a unilateral descent group.
RELATED WORDS
father, sibling, mother, cousin, folk, uncle, niece, aunt, relative, sister, brother, agnate, cognate, connection, blood, folks, relation, grandparents, sister-in-law, stepbrother
Nearby words
- siamese twins,
- sian,
- siang,
- siangtan,
- siauliai,
- sibelius,
- sibelius, jean julius christian,
- siberia,
- siberian,
- siberian crab apple
Origin of sib
before 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (orig. adj.); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) relatives, Old Frisian sib (adj.), sibba (noun), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun and adj.), German Sippe kin; cf. gossip
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sib
/ (sɪb) /
noun
a blood relative
a brother or sister; sibling
kinsmen collectively; kindred
any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only
Word Origin for sib
Old English sibb; related to Old Norse sifjar relatives, Old High German sippa kinship, Latin suus one's own; see gossip
SIB
abbreviation for (in Britain)
(the former) Securities and Investments Board
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sib
short for sibling, attested from 1957.
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sib
[ sĭb ]
n.
A blood relation; a relative.
A person's relatives when considered as a group; kinfolk.
A brother or sister; a sibling.
adj.
Related by blood; kindred.
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