stepsister

See also: step-sister

English

Alternative forms

step-sister

Etymology

From step- +‎ sister.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: step‧sis‧ter

Noun

stepsister (plural stepsisters)

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.

Synonyms

stepsis

Hypernyms

stepfamily
- stepdaughter
- stepsibling

Translations

daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent

Asturian: hermanastra (ast) f, hermanasca (ast) f
Azerbaijani: bacılıq, ögey bacı
Bengali: সৎবোন f (śôtbon)
Bulgarian: дове́дена сестра́ f (dovédena sestrá), зава́рена сестра́ f (zavárena sestrá)
Catalan: germanastra (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繼姊妹 / 继姊妹 (jì zǐmèi)
Danish: stedsøster (da) c
Dutch: stiefzus (nl) f
Esperanto: vicfratino
Finnish: siskopuoli, sisarpuoli
French: quasi-sœur (fr), sorâtre (fr), sœurâtre (fr)
Georgian: არაღვიძლი და (araɣviʒli da)
German: Stiefschwester (de) f
Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφή f (eterothalís adelfí)
Hindi: सौतेली बहन f (sautelī bahan)
Hungarian: mostohatestvér (hu), mostohanővér
Icelandic: stjúpsystir f
Ido: stif-fratino
Indonesian: kakak tiri (older), adik tiri (younger)
Ingrian: sisarlentämä
Irish: leasdeirfiúr f
Italian: sorellastra (it) f
Japanese: 義理の姉妹 (ぎりのしまい, giri no shimai), ^{(please verify)} まゝ姉妹 (まましまい, mamashimai)
Kashmiri: وورٕ بیٚنہِ (vōrụ beni)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زڕخوشک (ckb) (zirrxuşk)
Latin: vitrici filia f (1), novercae filia f (2), comprivigna
Macedonian: по́лусестра f (pólusestra)
Malay: kakak tiri (older), adik tiri perempuan (younger)
Maori: tuahine kē (of a male)
Norman: d'mié-soeu f (Jersey), soeu empruntée f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stesøster m or f

Nynorsk: stesøster f, stesyster f
Persian: خواهندر (xâhandar), ناخواهری (fa) (nâxâhari)
Plautdietsch: Steefsesta f
Polish: przybrana siostra f
Portuguese: irmã de criação f
Russian: сво́дная сестра́ (ru) f (svódnaja sestrá)
Scottish Gaelic: leas-phiuthar f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏лусестра f

Roman: pȍlusestra (sh) f
Slovak: nevlastná sestra f
Slovene: polsestra f
Spanish: hermanastra f
Swahili: dada wa kambo
Swedish: plastsyster c, styvsyster (sv) c, bonussyster, låtasassyster, extrasyster, bonussyrra, styvsyrra, plastsyrra, låtsassyrra, extrasyrra
Turkish: üvey kız kardeş
Volapük: jlublod, jilugem, lusör (vo)
Yiddish: שטיפֿשוועסטער f (shtifshvester)

stepdaughter of one's mother

Latin: vitrici filia

stepdaughter of one's father

Latin: novercae filia