half sister

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• General-American: /ˈhæf sɪstɚ/
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From Middle English halfesister, half-suster, half sister, equivalent to half + sister. Compare Dutch halfzus, halfzuster (“half-sister”), German Halbschwester (“half-sister”), Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”), Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”).

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: hermanastra — a female half sibling
• Asturian: mediohermana — a female half sibling
• Breton: hanterc'hoar — a female half sibling
• Bulgarian: полусестра (polusestra) — a female half sibling
• Catalan: germanastra — a female half sibling
• Cebuano: hablos — a female half sibling
• Cornish: hanter-hwor — a female half sibling
• Danish: halvsøster — a female half sibling
• Dutch: halfzus — a female half sibling
• Dutch: halfzuster — a female half sibling
• Esperanto: duonfratino — a female half sibling
• Finnish: siskopuoli — a female half sibling
• Finnish: sisarpuoli — a female half sibling
• French: demi-sœur — a female half sibling
• Galician: media irmá — a female half sibling
• Georgian: ნახევარდა (naxevarda) — a female half sibling
• German: Halbschwester — a female half sibling
• Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφή (eterothalís adelfí) — a female half sibling
• Hindi: सौतेली बहन (sautelī bahan) — a female half sibling
• Hungarian: féltestvér — a female half sibling
• Icelandic: hálfsystir — a female half sibling
• Irish: leathdheirfiúr — a female half sibling
• Irish: leasdeirfiúr — a female half sibling
• Italian: sorellastra — a female half sibling
• Italian: mezza sorella — a female half sibling
• Latin: semisoror — a female half sibling
• Lithuanian: įseserė — a female half sibling
• Macedonian: полусестра (polusestra) — a female half sibling
• Manx: lhiass-huyr — a female half sibling
• Manx: lieh-huyr — a female half sibling
• Norman: d'mié-soeu — a female half sibling
• Norwegian Bokmål: halvsøster — a female half sibling
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halvsøster — a female half sibling
• Polish: siostra przyrodnia — a female half sibling
• Portuguese: meia-irmã — a female half sibling
• Romanian: soră vitregă — a female half sibling
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-phiuthar — a female half sibling
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏лусестра — a female half sibling
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍlusestra — a female half sibling
• Spanish: media hermana — a female half sibling
• Spanish: hermanastra — a female half sibling
• Swedish: halvsyster — a female half sibling
• Swedish: halvsyrra — a female half sibling
• Urdu: سوتیلی بہن (souteli behan) — a female half sibling
• Welsh: hanner chwaer — a female half sibling
• Bulgarian: полусестра (polusestra) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Cantonese: 同父異母 /同父异母 (tung4 fu6 ji6 mou5) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Cantonese: 同父异母 (tung4 fu6 ji6 mou5) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese: 同父異母 /同父异母 — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese: 同父异母 (tông-hū-ī-bió) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese: 仝爸各母 (zh-min-nan) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 同父異母 /同父异母 (tóngfù yìmǔ) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 同父异母 (tóngfùyìmǔ) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Xiang Chinese: 共爺隔娘 /共爷隔娘 (gong4 ia2 ge6 nyian2) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Xiang Chinese: 共爷隔娘 (gong4 ia2 ge6 nyian2) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 腹違い (harachigai) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 畑違い (hatakechigai) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 異腹 — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 異母 (ibo) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Latin: soror consanguineus — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Latin: soror agnata — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Latin: agnata — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Russian: единокровная сестра (jedinokrovnaja sestra) — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Vietnamese: cùng cha khác mẹ — daughter of the same father but a different mother
• Bulgarian: полусестра (polusestra) — daughter of the same mother but a different father
• Latin: uterina — daughter of the same mother but a different father
• Latin: uterina soror — daughter of the same mother but a different father