Meanings
nounstepbrother (plural stepbrothers or (obsolete) stepbrethren)
plural stepbrothers · obsolete plural stepbrethren · alternative step-brother
- The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
- The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Broader
nouna brother who has only one parent in common with you
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Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
- Proto-Germanic*steupa-
- Proto-West Germanic*steupa-
- Old Englishstēop-
- Middle Englishstep-
- Englishstep-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr
- Proto-Germanic*brōþēr
- Proto-West Germanic*brōþer
- Old Englishbrōþor
- Middle Englishbrother
- Englishbrother
- Englishstepbrother
Translations
Bengali সৎভাই
- সৎভাই (śôtbhai)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Bulgarian дове́ден брат, заварен брат
- дове́ден брат (dovéden brat)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
- заварен брат (zavaren brat)stepson of one's parent
Catalan germanastre
- germanastreson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Chinese Mandarin 繼兄弟 /继兄弟
- 繼兄弟 /继兄弟 (jìxiōngdì)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Czech nevlastní bratr
- nevlastní bratrson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Danish stedbror
- stedbrorson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Dutch stiefbroer
- stiefbroerson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Esperanto vicfrato
- vicfratoson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Finnish velipuoli, velipuoli
- velipuolison of one's stepfather or stepmother
- velipuolistepson of one's parent
French quasi-frère, frarâtre
- quasi-frèreson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- frarâtreson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- frèrâtreson of one's stepfather or stepmother
German Stiefbruder
- Stiefbruderson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Greek ετεροθαλής αδελφός
- ετεροθαλής αδελφός (eterothalís adelfós)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Hindi सौतेला भाई
- सौतेला भाई (sautelā bhāī)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Hungarian mostohatestvér, mostohafivér
- mostohatestvérson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- mostohafivérson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Icelandic stjúpbróðir
- stjúpbróðirson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Indonesian saudara tiri, kakak tiri
- saudara tirison of one's stepfather or stepmother
- kakak tirison of one's stepfather or stepmother
- adik tirison of one's stepfather or stepmother
Irish leasdeartháir
- leasdeartháirson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Italian fratellastro
- fratellastroson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Japanese 義兄弟
- 義兄弟 (gikyōdai)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Latin vitrici filius, novercae filius
- vitrici filiusson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- novercae filiusson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- comprivignusson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- vitrici filiusstepson of one's mother
- novercae filiusstepson of one's father
Māori tungāne kē
- tungāne kēson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Norwegian Bokmål stebror
- stebrorson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Persian برادندر, نابرادری
- برادندر (barâdandar)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
- نابرادری (nâbarâdari)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Polish przybrany brat
- przybrany bratson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Portuguese irmão de criação
- irmão de criaçãoson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Russian сво́дный брат
- сво́дный брат (svódnyj brat)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Scottish Gaelic leas-bhràthair
- leas-bhràthairson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Slovak nevlastný brat
- nevlastný bratson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Spanish hermanastro
- hermanastroson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Swahili kaka wa kambo
- kaka wa kamboson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Swedish styvbror, plastbror
- styvbrorson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- plastbrorson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- bonusbrorson of one's stepfather or stepmother
- låtsasbrorson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Welsh llysfrawd
- llysfrawdson of one's stepfather or stepmother
Yiddish שטיפֿברודער
- שטיפֿברודער (shtifbruder)son of one's stepfather or stepmother
Cite this entry
APA
stepbrother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepbrother
MLA
“stepbrother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepbrother. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stepbrother,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepbrother.
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