stepfather

See also: step-father

English

Alternative forms

step-father

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: step‧fa‧ther

Noun

stepfather (plural stepfathers)

The husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father, especially following the divorce or death of the father.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

stepparent

Related terms

Translations

husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father

Albanian: vitërk (sq) m, njerk (sq) m
Arabic: زَوْج اَلْأُمّ‎ m (zawj al-ʾumm), رابّ‎ m (rābb)
Armenian: խորթ հայր (xortʿ hayr), հորու (hy) (horu) (archaic), հորա (hy) (hora) (archaic)
Aromanian: nuercu m, nercu m
Asturian: padrastru (ast) m
Azerbaijani: ögey ata
Basque: aitaorde (eu)
Belarusian: айчы́м m (ajčým)
Bulgarian: вто́ри баща́ m (vtóri baštá)
Burmese: ပထွေး (my) (pa.htwe:)
Catalan: padrastre (ca) m
Central Sierra Miwok: hajˀi-
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繼父 (zh), 继父 (zh) (jìfù)
Czech: nevlastní otec m, otčím (cs) m
Danish: stedfar (da) c
Dutch: stiefvader (nl) m
Esperanto: vicpatro, (sometimes) duonpatro
Estonian: kasuisa
Faroese: stjúkfaðir m
Finnish: isäpuoli (fi)
French: beau-père (fr) m, parâtre (fr)
Friulian: padreu m
Georgian: მამინაცვალი (maminacvali)
German: Stiefvater (de) m, (gender-neutral) Stiefelternteil m or n
Greek: πατριός (el) m (patriós)
Ancient: πατρυιός m (patruiós)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: mostohaapa (hu)
Icelandic: stjúpfaðir m, stjúpi m
Ido: stifa patro, stif-patro (io)
Indonesian: ayah tiri (id), bapak tiri (id)
Irish: leasathair m
Italian: patrigno (it) m
Japanese: 継父 (けいふ, keifu, ままちち, mamachichi)
Javanese: bapak kuwalon
Kazakh: өгей әке (ögey äke)
Korean: 계부 (gyebu), 새아버지 (saeabeoji), 의붓아버지 (uibusabeoji)
Kumyk: оьгей ата (ögey ata)

Kyrgyz: өгөй ата (ögöy ata)
Latin: vītricus m
Latvian: patēvs m
Luxembourgish: Stéifpapp
Macedonian: очув m (očuv), потатко m (potatko)
Malagasy: raikèly (mg)
Maori: pāpā whakaangi, matua whakaangi, mātua kē
Mongolian: хойд эцэг (hojd etseg)
Navajo: hazhéʼé ájíłʼíní, hazhéʼé jíłʼíní
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stefar m

Nynorsk: stefar m
Old English: stēopfæder m
Persian: ناپدری‎ (fa) (nâpedari), پدندر‎ (pedandar)
Polish: ojczym (pl) m
Portuguese: padrasto (pt) m
Romanian: tată vitreg (ro) m
Russian: о́тчим (ru) m (ótčim), приёмный оте́ц m (prijómnyj otéc)
Sardinian: bídrigu m, bítricu m, bídricu m, bídriu m, brídicu m, vídrigu m
Scots: stap-faither
Scottish Gaelic: oide m, leas-athair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏чӯх m, поочим m

Roman: ȍčūh (sh) m, poočim (sh) m
Slovak: nevlastný otec m, otčim m
Slovene: očim (sl) m
Southern Altai: ӧӧй ада (ööy ada)
Spanish: padrastro (es) m
Swedish: styvfar (sv) c, styvfader (sv) c, (modern slang) plastpappa (sv) c
Tagalog: amang-pangaman
Tajik: падарандар (padarandar), падари ӯгай (padari ügay)
Telugu: సవతితండ్రి (savatitaṇḍri)
Turkish: üvey baba (tr)
Tuvan: соңгу ада (soŋgu ada)
Ukrainian: ві́тчим m (vítčym)
Uzbek: oʻgay ota
Vietnamese: bố dượng, cha kế
Volapük: (♂♀) lupal, (♂) hilupal
Welsh: llysdad (cy) m

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