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stepdaughter

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stepchild

History

Etymology

From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- + daughter. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аԥҳаԥса (apḥapsa) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Arabic: رَبِيبَة (rabība) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Armenian: խորթ դուստր (xortʻ dustr) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Armenian: խորթ աղջիկ (xortʻ aġǰik) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Asturian: fiastra — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Asturian: andada — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Belarusian: па́дчарка (pádčarka) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Belarusian: па́сербка (pásjerbka) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Bengali: সৎমেয়ে (śotmeẏe) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Bulgarian: дове́дена дъщеря́ (dovédena dǎšterjá) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Bulgarian: зава́рена дъщеря́ (zavárena dǎšterjá) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Catalan: fillastra — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 繼女 /继女 (jìnǚ) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Czech: nevlastní dcera — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Czech: pastorkyně — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Danish: steddatter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Dutch: stiefdochter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Esperanto: vicfilino — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Esperanto: duonfilino — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Finnish: tytärpuoli — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • French: belle-fille — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • French: fillâtre — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Friulian: fiastre — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Georgian: გერი (geri) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Georgian: არაღვიძლი ქალიშვილი (araɣviʒli kališvili) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • German: Stieftochter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Greek: προγονή (progoní) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Hausa: agoliya — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Hungarian: mostohalány — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Icelandic: stjúpdóttir — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Ido: stif-filiino — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Ingrian: tytärlentämä — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Irish: leasiníon — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Italian: figliastra — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Japanese: 継娘 (mamamusume) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Kashmiri: وۆرٕ کوٗر (vorụ kūr) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Korean: 의붓딸 (uibutttal) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Latin: prīvigna — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Latin: filiastra — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Latvian: pameita — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Macedonian: паштерка (pašterka) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Māori: tamāhine whakaangi — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Māori: hine whakaangi — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Māori: tamāhine kē — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Middle English: stepdoghter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Navajo: hatsiʼ ájíłʼíní — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Navajo: hatsiʼ jíłʼíní — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Navajo: hachʼéʼé ájíłʼíní — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Navajo: hachʼéʼé jíłʼíní — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Nogai: оьгей кыз (ögey kız) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stedatter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stedotter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Old English: stēopdohtor — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Persian: دختندر (doxtandar) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Polish: pasierbica — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Portuguese: enteada — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Romanian: fiică vitregă — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Russian: па́дчерица (pádčerica) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Russian: приёмная до́чь (prijómnaja dóčʹ) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Scottish Gaelic: leas-nighean — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: пасторка — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: покћер — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: pastorka — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: pokćer — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Sicilian: figghiastra — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Slovene: pastorka — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Spanish: hijastra — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Swedish: styvdotter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Swedish: plastdotter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Swedish: låtsasdotter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Swedish: bonusdotter — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Telugu: సవతికూతురు (savatikūturu) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Turkish: üvey kız — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Ukrainian: па́дчерка (pádčerka) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Ukrainian: па́сербиця (páserbycja) — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Vietnamese: con gái riêng — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Volapük: ludaut — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Volapük: jilucil — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
  • Welsh: llysferch — daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself
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