demi-sœur
half-sister
Intermediate Noun Feminine
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Pronunciation
/də.mi.sœʁ/
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Cultural Note
In France, approximately one child in ten lives in a famille recomposée (blended family). The distinction between demi- (half, sharing one parent) and beau-/belle- (step, no shared parents) is important in French family vocabulary.
📝 Example Sentences
Ma demi-sœur vit avec notre père.
My half-sister lives with our father.
Elles ont découvert qu'elles étaient demi-sœurs.
They discovered they were half-sisters.