stepchild

== English == === Alternative forms === step-child === Etymology === From Middle English stepchild, stepchyld, from Old English stēopċild (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- +‎ child. Compare Dutch stiefkind (“stepchild”), German Stiefkind (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɛp.tʃaɪld/ Hyphenation: step‧child === Noun === stepchild (plural stepchildren) The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship. (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. ==== Synonyms ==== (child of one's spouse but not one's own): stepbairn (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland), stepkid (informal), step (colloquial) (bereaved child): orphan ==== Antonyms ==== stepparent ==== Hyponyms ==== stepdaughter stepson stepteen See also Thesaurus:relative ==== Derived terms ==== red-headed stepchild stepchildhood ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Category:English terms prefixed with step- half-sibling, half-brother, half-sister step-grandchild, step-grandson, step-granddaughter step-niece, step-nephew, step-cousin == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English stepchild, with the foreignness of the word making it suitable as a politically correct euphemism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stepˈt͡ʃajld/ Rhymes: -ajld === Noun === stepchild m or f by sense (politically correct, euphemistic, Anglicism) stepchild Synonyms: figlio adottivo, figlioccio, figliastro, (rare) configlio, (Latinism) privigno == Middle English == === Alternative forms === steppe-child, stepchyld === Etymology === From Old English stēopċild (“stepchild”); equivalent to step- +‎ child. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɛpˌt͡ʃiːld/ === Noun === stepchild (plural stepchildren or stepchildre) stepchild (child of a spouse) (rare) orphan ==== Descendants ==== English: stepchild ==== References ==== “step-chīld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.