Meaning

2 senses
  1. The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

    Stiefkind

    па́сынокpásynok, па́дчерицаpádčerica, приёмная дочьprijómnaja dočʹ

    a child of your spouse by a former marriage

  2. (obsolete)A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom was Mary's stepchild.

    Том був пасинком Мері.

    ruТом был пасынком Мэри.

    deTom war Marys Stiefkind.

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  2. Tom has three stepchildren.

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  3. Tom is my stepchild.

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  4. Tom was only one of Mary's many stepchildren.

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  5. Tom is only one of Mary's many stepchildren.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the child of one's spouse from his or her previous partner:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the child of one's spouse from his or her previous partner:

Origin

From Middle English stepchild, stepchyld, from Old English stēopċild (“stepchild”), equiva

From Middle English stepchild, stepchyld, from Old English stēopċild (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- + child. Compare Dutch stiefkind (“stepchild”), German Stiefkind (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”).

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Forms

plural: stepchildren

Synonyms

4 synonyms
child of one's spouse but not one's own:stepA2stepbairnstepkid
bereaved child:orphanA2

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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