filiastra

Latin

Etymology

From fīliaster (“stepson, son-in-law, nephew”) +‎ -a (suffix forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns), or alternatively, from fīli(a) (“daughter”) +‎ -astra (suffix denoting partial resemblance).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiː.liˈas.tra/, [fiːlʲiˈäs̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈas.tra/, [filiˈäst̪rä]

Noun

fīliastra f (genitive fīliastrae, masculine fīliaster); first declension

1. stepdaughter
2. daughter-in-law
3. niece, sister's daughter

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fīliastra	fīliastrae
Genitive	fīliastrae	fīliastrārum
Dative	fīliastrae	fīliastrīs
Accusative	fīliastram	fīliastrās
Ablative	fīliastrā	fīliastrīs
Vocative	fīliastra	fīliastrae

Coordinate terms

• filiaster

Descendants

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: fillastra
  • Spanish: hijastra
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: fillastra
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: figliastra
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: figliastra