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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sib (sib),USA pronunciation adj. - related by blood;
akin.
n. - a kinsman;
relative. - one's kin or kindred.
- Anthropologya unilateral descent group.
- bef. 900; Middle English sib(e), sibb(e), Old English sib(b) (origin, originally adjective, adjectival); cognate with Old Norse sifjar (plural) relatives, Old Frisian sib (adjective, adjectival), sibba (noun, nominal), Middle Dutch sibbe (noun, nominal and adjective, adjectival), German Sippe kin; compare gossip
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sib /sɪb/ n - a blood relative
- a brother or sister; sibling
- kinsmen collectively; kindred
Etymology: Old English sibb; related to Old Norse sifjar relatives, Old High German sippa kinship, Latin suus one's own; see gossip Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: SIB abbreviation for (in Britain) - (the former) Securities and Investments Board
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