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English
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Etymology
From Middle English stepsone, stepsune, from Old English stēopsunu (“stepson”), from Proto-Germanic *steupasunuz (“stepson”), equivalent to step- + son.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifsuun (“stepson”), West Frisian styfsoan (“stepson”), Dutch stiefzoon (“stepson”), German Low German Steevsöhn (“stepson”), German Stiefsohn (“stepson”), Danish stedsøn (“stepson”), Swedish styvson (“stepson”), Icelandic stjúpsonur (“stepson”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stepson (plural stepsons)
- The son of one's spouse, but not one's own child.
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Translations
son of one's spouse and not of oneself
- Arabic: رَبِيب m (rabīb)
- Armenian: խորթ որդի (xortʻ ordi), խորթ տղա (xortʻ tġa) (colloquial)
- Asturian: fiastru (ast) m, andáu (ast) m
- Belarusian: па́серб m (pásjerb), па́сынак m (pásynak)
- Breton: lezvab (br) m, mab-kaer (br) m
- Bulgarian: дове́ден син m (dovéden sin), зава́рен син m (zaváren sin)
- Catalan: fillastre (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 繼／继 (zh) (jì), 繼子／继子 (zh) (jìzǐ)
- Czech: nevlastní syn m
- Dalmatian: fejustro m
- Danish: stedsøn c
- Dutch: stiefzoon (nl) m
- Esperanto: vicfilo, (sometimes) duonfilo
- Finnish: poikapuoli (fi)
- French: beau-fils (fr) m, fillâtre (fr), filsâtre (fr)
- Friulian: fiastri m
- Galician: fillastro m, enteado m
- Georgian: გერი (geri)
- German: Stiefsohn (de) m
- Greek: προγονός (el) m (progonós)
- Hausa: agola
- Hungarian: mostohafiú (hu)
- Icelandic: stjúpsonur m
- Ido: stif-filiulo
- Ingrian: poikapooli, pojintima
- Irish: leasmhac m
- Italian: figliastro (it) m
- Japanese: 継息子 (ままむすこ, mamamusuko)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: nevis (ku) m
- Latin: prīvignus (la) m, filiaster
- Latvian: audžu dēls m, padēls m
- Macedonian: пасинок m (pasinok), завареник m (zavarenik)
- Maori: tama whakaangi, tamatāne whakaangi, tama kē
- Middle English: stepsone
- Navajo: hayeʼ ájíłʼíní, hayeʼ jíłʼíní (male speaker), hayáázh ájíłʼíní, hayáázh jíłʼíní (female speaker)
- Norman: bieau-fis m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: stesønn m
- Nynorsk: steson m
- Old English: stēopsunu m
- Persian: پسندر (pesandar)
- Polish: pasierb (pl) m
- Portuguese: enteado (pt) m
- Romanian: fiu vitreg m
- Russian: па́сынок (ru) m (pásynok), приёмный сын m (prijómnyj syn)
- Scottish Gaelic: leas-mhac m, mac-cèile m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пасторак m, посинак m
- Roman: pastorak (sh) m, posinak (sh) m
- Slovak: nevlastný syn m
- Slovene: pastorek f
- Spanish: hijastro (es) m
- Swedish: styvson (sv) c, bonusson, plastson, låtsasson
- Turkish: üvey oğul (tr)
- Ukrainian: па́синок m (pásynok), па́серб m (páserb)
- Vietnamese: con trai riêng
- Volapük: luson (vo), hilucil
- Welsh: llysfab
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Middle English
Noun
stepson
- Alternative form of stepsone