stepchild

English

Etymology

From Middle English stepchild, stepchyld, from Old English stēopċild (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- +‎ child. Compare Dutch stiefkind (“stepchild”), German Stiefkind (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: step‧child

Noun

stepchild (plural stepchildren)

1. The child of one's spouse but not one's own.
2. (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

Synonyms

• (bereaved child): orphan

Antonyms

• stepparent

Derived terms

• red-headed stepchild
• stepchildhood

Hyponyms

• stepdaughter
• stepson
• See also Thesaurus:relative

Translations

the child of one's spouse from his or her previous partner

• Albanian: thjeshtër (sq)
• Armenian: խորթ զավակ (xortʻ zavak)
• Catalan: fillastre (ca) m, fillastra (ca) f
• French: beau-fils (fr) m (stepson), belle-fille (fr) f (stepdaughter)
• Georgian: გერი (geri)
• German: Stiefkind (de) n
• Hausa: agola
• Hungarian: mostohagyerek (hu), mostohagyermek (hu)
• Icelandic: stjúpbarn n
• Ido: stif-filio
• Indonesian: anak tiri (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Javanese: anak kuwalon
• Old English: stēopċild n, stēopbearn n
• Portuguese: enteado (pt) m
• Russian: па́сынок (ru) m (pásynok), па́дчерица (ru) f (pádčerica)
• Scottish Gaelic: dalta m
• Spanish: hijastro (es) m, hijastra (es) f
• Swedish: styvbarn n, (colloquial) plastbarn n
• Tagalog: anak na pangaman
• Turkish: üvey çocuk (tr), üvey evlat (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lucil (vo), (♂) hilucil, (♀) jilucil

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} bel-enfant (fr) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} figliastro (it) m, ^{(please verify)} figliastra (it) f
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• Kurdish: ,

See also

• Category:English words prefixed with step-
• half-sibling, half-brother, half-sister
• step-grandchild, step-grandson, step-granddaughter
• step-niece, step-nephew, step-cousin