Meanings
nounstepsister (plural stepsisters)
plural stepsisters · alternative step-sister
- The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
- The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna sister who has only one parent in common with you
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
- Proto-Germanic*steupa-
- Proto-West Germanic*steupa-
- Old Englishstēop-
- Middle Englishstep-
- Englishstep-
- Proto-Indo-European*swé
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésh₂r̥
- Proto-Indo-European*su-h₁ésh₂-ōr?
- Proto-Indo-European*swé
- Proto-Indo-European*swésōr
- Proto-Germanic*swestēr
- Proto-West Germanic*swester
- Old Englishsweostor
- Middle Englishsuster
- Englishsister
- Englishstepsister
Translations
Bengali সৎবোন
- সৎবোন (śôtbon)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Bulgarian дове́дена сестра́, зава́рена сестра́
- дове́дена сестра́ (dovédena sestrá)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- зава́рена сестра́ (zavárena sestrá)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Catalan germanastra
- germanastradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Chinese Mandarin 繼姊妹 /继姊妹
- 繼姊妹 /继姊妹 (jì zǐmèi)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Danish stedsøster
- stedsøsterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Dutch stiefzus
- stiefzusdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Esperanto vicfratino
- vicfratinodaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Finnish siskopuoli, sisarpuoli
- siskopuolidaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- sisarpuolidaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
French quasi-sœur, sorâtre
- quasi-sœurdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- sorâtredaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- sœurâtredaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
German Stiefschwester
- Stiefschwesterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Greek ετεροθαλής αδελφή
- ετεροθαλής αδελφή (eterothalís adelfí)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Hindi सौतेली बहन
- सौतेली बहन (sautelī bahan)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Hungarian mostohatestvér, mostohanővér
- mostohatestvérdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- mostohanővérdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Icelandic stjúpsystir
- stjúpsystirdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Indonesian kakak tiri, adik tiri
- kakak tiridaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- adik tiridaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Irish leasdeirfiúr
- leasdeirfiúrdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Italian sorellastra
- sorellastradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Japanese 義理の姉妹
- 義理の姉妹 (giri no shimai)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Latin vitrici filia, novercae filia
- vitrici filiadaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- novercae filiadaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- comprivignadaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- vitrici filiastepdaughter of one's mother
- novercae filiastepdaughter of one's father
Malay kakak tiri, adik tiri perempuan
- kakak tiridaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- adik tiri perempuandaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Māori tuahine kē
- tuahine kēdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Norwegian Bokmål stesøster
- stesøsterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Persian خواهندر, ناخواهری
- خواهندر (xâhandar)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- ناخواهری (nâxâhari)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Polish przybrana siostra
- przybrana siostradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Portuguese irmã de criação
- irmã de criaçãodaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Russian сво́дная сестра́
- сво́дная сестра́ (svódnaja sestrá)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Scottish Gaelic leas-phiuthar
- leas-phiuthardaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Slovak nevlastná sestra
- nevlastná sestradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Spanish hermanastra
- hermanastradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Swahili dada wa kambo
- dada wa kambodaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Swedish plastsyster, styvsyster
- plastsysterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- styvsysterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- bonussysterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- låtasassysterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- extrasysterdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- bonussyrradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- styvsyrradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- plastsyrradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- låtsassyrradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
- extrasyrradaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Turkish üvey kız kardeş
- üvey kız kardeşdaughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
Yiddish שטיפֿשוועסטער
- שטיפֿשוועסטער (shtifshvester)daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent
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APA
stepsister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepsister
MLA
“stepsister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepsister. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stepsister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stepsister.
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