stepbrother

See also: step-brother

English

Alternative forms

step-brother

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

step- +‎ brother

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: step‧broth‧er

Noun

stepbrother (plural stepbrothers or (obsolete) stepbrethren)

The son of one's stepparent who is not the son of either of one's biological parents.
The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

Synonyms

stepbro

Hypernyms

stepfamily
- stepsibling
- stepson

Related terms

Translations

son of one's stepfather or stepmother

Asturian: hermanastru (ast) m, hermanascu (ast) m
Bengali: সৎভাই m (śôtbhai)
Bulgarian: доведен брат m (doveden brat)
Catalan: germanastre (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繼兄弟／继兄弟 (jìxiōngdì)
Czech: nevlastní bratr m
Danish: stedbror (da) c
Dutch: stiefbroer (nl) m
Esperanto: vicfrato
Finnish: velipuoli (fi)
French: quasi-frère (fr) m, frarâtre (fr), frèrâtre (fr)
Georgian: დედინაცვლის შვილი (dedinacvlis švili), მამინაცვლის შვილი (maminacvlis švili), დედინაცვლის ვაჟი (dedinacvlis važi), მამინაცვლის ვაჟი (maminacvlis važi)
German: Stiefbruder (de) m
Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφός m (eterothalís adelfós)
Hindi: सौतेला भाई m (sautelā bhāī)
Hungarian: mostohatestvér (hu), mostohafivér (hu)
Icelandic: stjúpbróðir m
Ido: stif-fratulo (io)
Indonesian: saudara tiri (id), kakak tiri (older), adik tiri (younger)
Irish: leasdeartháir m
Italian: fratellastro (it) m
Japanese: 義兄弟 (ja) (ぎきょうだい, gikyōdai)
Kashmiri: وورٕ بوے (vōrụ bōy)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زِڕبِرا (ckb) (zirrbira)
Latin: vitrici filius m (1), novercae filius m (2), comprivignus
Macedonian: полубрат m (polubrat)
Maori: tungāne kē (of a female)
Norman: d'mié-fréthe m, fréthe emprunté m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stebror m

Nynorsk: stebror m
Persian: برادندر (barâdandar), نابرادری (fa) (nâbarâdari)
Polish: przybrany brat m
Portuguese: irmão de criação m
Russian: сво́дный брат m (svódnyj brat)
Scottish Gaelic: leas-bhràthair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: полубрат m

Roman: polubrat (sh) m
Sicilian: fratastru
Slovak: nevlastný brat m
Slovene: polbrat m
Spanish: hermanastro m
Swahili: kaka wa kambo
Swedish: styvbror (sv) c, plastbror c, bonusbror, låtsasbror
Taos: pʼǫ́yna (younger), pòpóna (older)
Volapük: lublod (vo), hilugem
Yiddish: שטיפֿברודער m (shtifbruder)

stepson of one's parent

Bulgarian: заварен брат m (zavaren brat)
Finnish: velipuoli (fi)

stepson of one's mother

Latin: vitrici filius

stepson of one's father

Latin: novercae filius