stepsibling

See also: step-sibling

English

Alternative forms

• step-sibling

Etymology

From step- +‎ sibling.

Noun

stepsibling (plural stepsiblings)

1. The child of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
   • 2007 April 19, Kate Murphy, “Stepfamilies Try to Stretch Their Space”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     With multiple stepparents, stepsiblings, half siblings and pseudosiblings, it’s a whole new type of family […] .

Synonyms

• step (slang)

Hyponyms

• stepbrother
• stepsister

Translations

stepbrother or stepsister

• Finnish: puolisisarus, uussisarus, sisaruspuoli
• Greek: ετεροθαλή αδέλφια n pl (eterothalí adélfia)
• Hungarian: mostohatestvér (hu)
• Icelandic: stjúpsystkini n
• Ido: stif-frato
• Indonesian: saudara tiri (id)
• Latin: comprivignum
• Polish: przybrane rodzeństwo n
• Swedish: styvsyskon (sv), plastsyskon, bonussyskon, låtsassyskon, extrasyskon

See also

• Category:English terms prefixed with step-