stepfather

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From Middle English stepfader, from Old English stēopfæder, from Proto-Germanic *steupafadēr (“stepfather”), equivalent to step- + father. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäiffoar (“stepfather”), Dutch stiefvader (“stepfather”), German Low German Steevvader (“stepfather”), German Stiefvater (“stepfather”), Swedish styvfar (“stepfather”), Icelandic stjúpfaðir (“stepfather”).

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vitërk — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Albanian: njerk — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Southern Altai: ӧӧй ада (ööy ada) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Arabic: زَوْجُ ٱلْأُمّ (zawju l-ʔumm) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Arabic: أَب رَبِيب (ʔab rabīb) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Armenian: խորթ հայր (xortʻ hayr) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Armenian: հորու (horu) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Armenian: հորա (hora) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Aromanian: nuercu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Aromanian: nercu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Asturian: padrastru — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Azerbaijani: ögey ata — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Azerbaijani: atalıq — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Basque: aitaorde — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Belarusian: айчы́м (ajčým) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Bulgarian: вто́ри баща́ (vtóri baštá) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Bulgarian: дове́ден баща́ (dovéden baštá) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Bulgarian: пастро́к (pastrók) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Burmese: ပထွေး (pa.htwe:) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Catalan: padrastre — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Chinese Mandarin: 繼父 /继父 (jìfù) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Czech: nevlastní otec — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Czech: otčím — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Danish: stedfar — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Danish: bonusfar — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Dutch: stiefvader — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Esperanto: vicpatro — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Esperanto: duonpatro — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Estonian: kasuisa — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Faroese: stjúkfaðir — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Finnish: isäpuoli — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• French: beau-père — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• French: parâtre — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Friulian: padreu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Galician: padrasto — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Georgian: მამინაცვალი (maminacvali) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• German: Stiefvater — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• German: Stiefelternteil — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Greek: πατριός (patriós) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Greek: θετός πατήρ (thetós patír) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Greek: θετός πατέρας (thetós patéras) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Ancient Greek: πατρυιός (patruiós) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Hanunoo: ama ulong — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Hebrew: אׇב חׂרֵג \ אב חורג (av khorég) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Hindi: सौतेला बाप (sautelā bāp) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Hungarian: mostohaapa — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Icelandic: stjúpfaðir — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Icelandic: stjúpi — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Ido: stifa patro — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Ido: stif-patro — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Indonesian: ayah tiri — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Indonesian: bapak tiri — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Ingrian: isintimä — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Ingrian: ätsintimä — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Ingrian: ätsimä — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Irish: leasathair — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Italian: patrigno — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Japanese: 継父 — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Javanese: bapak kuwalon — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Kashmiri: وورٕ مول (vōrụ mōl) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Kazakh: өгей әке (ögei äke) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Korean: 계부 (gyebu) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Korean: 새아버지 (saeabeoji) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Korean: 의붓아버지 (uibusabeoji) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Kumyk: оьгей ата (ögey ata) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Kyrgyz: өгөй ата (ögöy ata) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Latin: vītricus — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Latin: patraster — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Latin: novercus — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Latvian: patēvs — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Lithuanian: patėvis — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Luxembourgish: Stéifpapp — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Macedonian: очув (očuv) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Macedonian: потатко (potatko) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Malagasy: raikèly — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Māori: pāpā whakaangi — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Māori: matua whakaangi — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Māori: mātua kē — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Middle English: stepfader — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Central Sierra Miwok: hajˀi- — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Mongolian: хойд эцэг (xojd eceg) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Navajo: hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Navajo: hazhéʼé jíłʼíní — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Norwegian Bokmål: stefar — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stefar — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Old English: stēopfæder — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Pannonian Rusyn: мачох (mačox) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Persian: ناپدری (nâpedari) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Persian: پدندر (pedandar) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Plautdietsch: Steefvoda — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Polish: ojczym — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Portuguese: padrasto — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Romanian: tată vitreg — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Russian: о́тчим (ótčim) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Russian: приёмный оте́ц (prijómnyj otéc) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Sardinian: bídrigu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Sardinian: bítricu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Sardinian: bídricu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Sardinian: bídriu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Sardinian: brídicu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Sardinian: vídrigu — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Scots: stap-faither — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Scottish Gaelic: oide — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Scottish Gaelic: leas-athair — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏чӯх — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀очим — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčūh — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Serbo-Croatian: pòočim — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Slovak: nevlastný otec — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Slovak: otčim — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Slovene: očim — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Spanish: padrastro — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Swedish: styvfar — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Swedish: styvpappa — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Swedish: bonuspappa — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Swedish: plastpappa — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Tagalog: amang-panguman — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Tajik: падарандар (padarandar) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Tajik: падари ӯгай (padar-i ügay) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Lower Tanana: -to' nelanenh — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Telugu: సవతితండ్రి (savatitaṇḍri) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Turkish: üvey baba — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Tuvan: соңгу ада (soñgu ada) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Ukrainian: вітчи́м (vitčým) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Uzbek: oʻgay ota — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Vietnamese: bố dượng — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Vietnamese: cha kế — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Volapük: lupal — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Volapük: hilupal — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Welsh: llystad — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father
• Yiddish: שטיפֿטאַטע (shtiftate) — husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father