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Webster 1913 Edition

Stepsister

Step′sisˊter

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Noun.

A daughter of one’s stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.

Definition 2024

stepsister

stepsister

See also: step-sister

English

Alternative forms

step-sister

Noun

stepsister ‎(plural stepsisters)

The daughter of one's stepparent who is not the daughter of either of one's parents.
The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.

Hypernyms

stepfamily
- stepdaughter
- stepsibling

Synonyms

stepsis

Translations

daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent

Asturian: hermanastra (ast) f, hermanasca (ast) f
Catalan: germanastra f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繼姊妹, 继姊妹 ‎(jìzǐmèi)
Esperanto: vicfratino
Finnish: sisarpuoli, siskopuoli
German: Stiefschwester (de) f
Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφή f ‎(eterothalís adelfí)
Icelandic: stjúpsystir f
Ido: stif-fratino
Indonesian: kakak tiri (older), adik tiri (younger)
Italian: sorellastra f
Japanese: まゝ姉妹 ‎(まましまい, mamashimai)
Norman: d'mié-soeu f, soeu empruntée f
Kurdish:
Sorani: زڕخوشک ‎(ziřxwişk, ziřxuşk)

Latin: vitrici filia f (1), novercae filia f (2)
Macedonian: полусестра f ‎(pólusestra)
Persian: خواهندر ‎(xâhandar)
Portuguese: irmã de criação f
Russian: сво́дная сестра́ (ru) f ‎(svódnaja sestrá)
Scottish Gaelic: leas-phiuthar f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: полусестра f

Roman: polusestra (sh) f
Slovak: nevlastná sestra f
Slovene: polsestra f
Spanish: hermanastra f
Swedish: plastsyster c, styvsyster c
Volapük: jlublod, jilugem, lusör (vo)

See also

Category:English words prefixed with step-