stepdaughter

English

Etymology

From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- +‎ daughter.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: step‧daugh‧ter

Noun

stepdaughter (plural stepdaughters)

1. The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

Hypernyms

• stepchild

Translations

daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself

• Abkhaz: аԥҳаԥса (apḥapsa)
• Armenian: խորթ դուստր (xortʻ dustr), խորթ աղջիկ (xortʻ aġǰik) (colloquial)
• Asturian: fiastra (ast) f, andada (ast) f
• Belarusian: па́дчарка f (pádčarka), па́сербка f (pásjerbka)
• Bengali: সৎমেয়ে (śotmeẏe)
• Bulgarian: дове́дена дъщеря́ f (dovédena dǎšterjá), зава́рена дъщеря́ f (zavárena dǎšterjá)
• Catalan: fillastra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繼女／继女 (zh) (jìnǚ)

• Czech: nevlastní dcera f, pastorkyně f
• Danish: steddatter c
• Dutch: stiefdochter (nl) f
• Esperanto: vicfilino, (sometimes) duonfilino
• Finnish: tytärpuoli
• French: belle-fille (fr) f, fillâtre (fr)
• Friulian: fiastre f
• Georgian: გერი (geri)
• German: Stieftochter (de) f
• Greek: προγονή (el) f (progoní)
• Hausa: agoliya
• Hungarian: mostohalány (hu)
• Icelandic: stjúpdóttir f
• Ido: stif-filiino (io)
• Ingrian: tytärlentämä
• Irish: leasiníon f
• Italian: figliastra (it) f
• Japanese: 継娘 (ままむすめ, mamamusume)
• Korean: 의붓딸 (uibutttal)
• Latin: prīvigna f, filiastra
• Latvian: pameita f
• Macedonian: паштерка f (pašterka)
• Maori: tamāhine whakaangi, hine whakaangi, tamāhine kē
• Middle English: stepdoughter
• Navajo: hatsiʼ ájíłʼíní, hatsiʼ jíłʼíní (male speaker), hachʼéʼé ájíłʼíní, hachʼéʼé jíłʼíní (female speaker)
• Nogai: оьгей кыз (ögey kız)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stedatter m or f

  Nynorsk: stedotter f

• Old English: stēopdohtor f
• Persian: دختندر (fa) (doxtandar)
• Polish: pasierbica (pl) f
• Portuguese: enteada (pt) f
• Russian: па́дчерица (ru) f (pádčerica), приёмная до́чь f (prijómnaja dóčʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: leas-nighean f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пасторка f, покћер f

  Roman: pastorka (sh) f, pokćer f

• Sicilian: figghiastra
• Slovene: pastorka f
• Spanish: hijastra (es) f
• Swedish: styvdotter (sv) c, plastdotter, låtsasdotter, bonusdotter
• Telugu: సవతికూతురు (savatikūturu)
• Turkish: üvey kız (tr)
• Ukrainian: па́дчерка f (pádčerka), па́сербиця f (páserbycja)
• Vietnamese: con gái riêng
• Volapük: ludaut (vo), jilucil

See also

• Category:English terms prefixed with step-