stepbrother

See also: step-brother

English

Alternative forms

• step-brother

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-

Proto-Germanic *steupa-

Proto-West Germanic *steupa-

Old English stēop-

Middle English step-

English step-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr

Proto-Germanic *brōþēr

Proto-West Germanic *brōþer

Old English brōþor

Middle English brother

English brother

English stepbrother

From step- + brother.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: step‧broth‧er

Noun

stepbrother (plural stepbrothers or (obsolete) stepbrethren)

1. The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
2. The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

Synonyms

• stepbro

Hypernyms

• stepfamily
  • stepsibling
  • stepson

Derived terms

• stepbrother-in-law
• stepbrotherly

Related terms

• stepdaughter
• stepparent
• stepsister
• half brother

Translations

son of one's stepfather or stepmother

• Asturian: hermanastru (ast) m, hermanascu (ast) m
• Bengali: সৎভাই m (śôtbhai)
• Bulgarian: дове́ден брат m (dovéden brat)
• Catalan: germanastre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繼兄弟 / 继兄弟 (jìxiōngdì)

• Czech: nevlastní bratr m
• Danish: stedbror (da) c
• Dutch: stiefbroer (nl) m
• Esperanto: vicfrato
• Finnish: velipuoli (fi)
• French: quasi-frère (fr) m, frarâtre (fr), frèrâtre (fr)
• Georgian: დედინაცვლის შვილი (dedinacvlis švili), მამინაცვლის შვილი (maminacvlis švili), დედინაცვლის ვაჟი (dedinacvlis važi), მამინაცვლის ვაჟი (maminacvlis važi), არაღვიძლი ძმა (araɣviʒli ʒma)
• German: Stiefbruder (de) m
• Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφός m (eterothalís adelfós)
• Hindi: सौतेला भाई m (sautelā bhāī)
• Hungarian: mostohatestvér (hu), mostohafivér (hu)
• Icelandic: stjúpbróðir m
• Ido: stif-fratulo (io)
• Indonesian: saudara tiri (id), kakak tiri (older), adik tiri (younger)
• Irish: leasdeartháir m
• Italian: fratellastro (it) m
• Japanese: 義兄弟 (ja) (ぎきょうだい, gikyōdai)
• Kashmiri: وورٕ بوے (vōrụ bōy)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زِڕبِرا (ckb) (zirrbira)

• Latin: vitrici filius m (1), novercae filius m (2), comprivignus
• Macedonian: полубрат m (polubrat)
• Māori: tungāne kē (of a female)
• Norman: d'mié-fréthe m, fréthe emprunté m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stebror m

  Nynorsk: stebror m

• Persian: برادندر (barâdandar), نابرادری (fa) (nâbarâdari)
• Polish: przybrany brat m
• Portuguese: irmão de criação m
• Russian: сво́дный брат m (svódnyj brat)
• Scottish Gaelic: leas-bhràthair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: полубрат m

  Latin: polubrat (sh) m

• Sicilian: fratastru
• Slovak: nevlastný brat m
• Slovene: polbrat m
• Spanish: hermanastro (es) m
• Swahili: kaka wa kambo
• Swedish: styvbror (sv) c, plastbror c, bonusbror, låtsasbror
• Taos: pʼǫ́yna (younger), pòpóna (older)
• Volapük: lublod (vo), hilugem
• Yiddish: שטיפֿברודער m (shtifbruder)

stepson of one's parent

• Bulgarian: заварен брат m (zavaren brat)
• Finnish: velipuoli (fi)

stepson of one's mother

• Latin: vitrici filius

stepson of one's father

• Latin: novercae filius

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Translations to be checked

• Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} tati

Further reading

• Sibling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia