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