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)

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

Synonyms

(bereaved child): orphan

Antonyms

stepparent

Derived terms

Hyponyms

Translations

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

Albanian: thjeshtër (sq)
Armenian: խորթ զավակ (xortʿ zavak)
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)

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

Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} nevis (ku), ^{(please verify)} nevisî (ku)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} hijastro (es) m, ^{(please verify)} hijastra (es) f