How do you say my sister in French?
It is ma sœur — “ma” because sœur is a feminine noun. The œ is a single letter; typing soeur instead is perfectly normal.
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Ma sœur
mah SUR
My sister.
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Ma grande sœur
mah grahnd SUR
My big sister.
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Ma petite sœur
mah puh-TEET SUR
My little sister.
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Ma demi-sœur
mah duh-mee-SUR
My half-sister — also used for a stepsister.
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Ma frangine
mah frahn-ZHEEN
Slang: “my sis”. The brother version is mon frangin.
1 translation in French
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Ma soeur.
Human translation The Biglad
Use it in a sentence
- This is my sister, Marie.Voici ma sœur, Marie.
- My little sister is ten years old.Ma petite sœur a dix ans.
- I’m going to my sister’s house.Je vais chez ma sœur.
- My sister-in-law lives in Lyon.Ma belle-sœur habite à Lyon.
Good to know
Ma belle-sœur is your sister-in-law. French uses beau- / belle- for in-laws generally: beau-père, belle-mère.
The plural mes sœurs sounds the same as the singular — the s is silent, so only mes marks the plural.
Sœur is also how you address a nun, exactly as in English.