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Stepbrother

Step′brothˊer

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Noun.

A brother by the marriage of one’s father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.

Definition 2024

stepbrother

stepbrother

See also: step-brother

English

Alternative forms

step-brother

Noun

stepbrother ‎(plural stepbrothers)

The son of one's stepparent who is not the son of either of one's biological parents.
The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

Hypernyms

stepfamily
- stepsibling
- stepson

Synonyms

stepbro

Translations

son of one's stepfather or stepmother

Asturian: hermanastru (ast) m, hermanascu (ast) m
Catalan: germanastre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繼兄弟, 继兄弟 ‎(jìxiōngdì)
Czech: nevlastní bratr m
Dutch: stiefbroer m
Esperanto: vicfrato
Finnish: velipuoli (fi)
French: beau-frère (fr) m
Georgian: დედინაცვლის შვილი ‎(dedinacvlis švili), მამინაცვლის შვილი ‎(maminacvlis švili), დედინაცვლის ვაჟი ‎(dedinacvlis važi), მამინაცვლის ვაჟი ‎(maminacvlis važi)
German: Stiefbruder (de) m
Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφός m ‎(eterothalís adelfós)
Hungarian: mostohatestvér (hu)
Icelandic: stjúpbróðir m
Ido: stif-fratulo (io)
Indonesian: saudara tiri (id), kakak tiri (older), adik tiri (younger)
Italian: fratellastro (it) m

Japanese: 義兄弟 (ja) ‎(ぎきょうだい, gikyōdai)
Norman: d'mié-fréthe m, fréthe emprunté m
Kurdish:
Sorani: زڕبرا ‎(zir bira)
Latin: vitrici filius m (1), novercae filius m (2)
Macedonian: полубрат m ‎(pólubrat)
Persian: برادندر ‎(barâdandar)
Polish: brat przyrodni m
Portuguese: irmão de criação m
Russian: сво́дный брат m ‎(svódnyj brat)
Scottish Gaelic: leas-bhràthair m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: полубрат m

Roman: polubrat (sh) m
Slovak: nevlastný brat m
Slovene: polbrat m
Spanish: hermanastro m
Swedish: styvbror c, plastbror c
Taos: p’ǫ́yna (younger), pòpóna (older)
Volapük: lublod (vo), hilugem

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