belle-fille
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French belle-fille. By surface analysis, belle- + fille.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
belle-fille f (plural belles-filles)
- daughter-in-law (wife of one's child)
- Synonym: bru
- stepdaughter (daughter of one's spouse and another person)
- Synonym: fillâtre
Related terms edit
- beau-fils m
- beau-frère m
- beau-père m
- belle-mère f
- belle-sœur f
- bru f
- gendre m
Further reading edit
- “belle-fille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.