stepchild

English

Etymology

step- +‎ child

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: step‧child

Noun

stepchild (plural stepchildren)

1. A stepson or stepdaughter
2. The family role (responsibilities and behavioural standards) of a stepchild.
3. (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

Hyponyms

• stepdaughter
• stepson
• See also Wikisaurus:relative

Translations

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

• Albanian: thjeshtër (sq)
• Armenian: խորթ զավակ (hy) (xort' zavak) 
• German: Stiefkind (de) n
• Icelandic: stjúpbarn (is) n
• Portuguese: enteado (pt) m
• Russian: пасынок (ru) (pásynok) m , падчерица (ru) (pádčerica) f 

• Scottish Gaelic: dalta (gd) m
• Spanish: hijastro (es) m
• Swedish: styvbarn (sv) n, (colloquial:) plastbarn (sv) n
• Turkish: üvey çocuk (tr), üvey evlat (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lucil (vo), (♂) hilucil (vo), (♀) jilucil (vo)

the family role (responsibilities and behavioural standards) of a stepchild

• Scottish Gaelic: dalta (gd) m

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• French: bel-enfant (fr) m
• Italian: figliastro (it) m, figliastra (it) f
• Kurdish: nevis (ku), nevisî (ku)

• Spanish: hijastro m, hijastra f

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