sib

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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sib  (sib),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. related by blood;
    akin.

n. 
  1. a kinsman;
    relative.
  2. one's kin or kindred.
  3. 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, sibb /sɪb/ n
  1. a blood relative
  2. a brother or sister; sibling
  3. 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)
  1. (the former) Securities and Investments Board
'sib' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
gossip - Securities and Investments Board - sibling - sieve - half-sibling - totem - sibilant - sibilate - sibship - sibyl

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