different between stepchild vs stepbairn

English

Etymology

From Middle English stepchild, stepchyld, from Old English st?op?ild (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- +? child. Compare Dutch stiefkind (“stepchild”), German Stiefkind (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: step?child

Noun

stepchild (plural stepchildren)

1. The child of one's spouse but not one's own.
2. (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

Synonyms

• (child of one's spouse but not one's own): stepbairn (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland)
• (bereaved child): orphan

Antonyms

• stepparent

Hyponyms

• stepdaughter
• stepson
• See also Thesaurus:relative

Derived terms

• red-headed stepchild
• stepchildhood

Translations

See also

• Category:English words prefixed with step-
• half-sibling, half-brother, half-sister
• step-grandchild, step-grandson, step-granddaughter
• step-niece, step-nephew, step-cousin

Middle English

Alternative forms

• steppe-child, stepchyld

Etymology

From Old English st?op?ild (“stepchild”); equivalent to step- +? child.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?p?t?i?ld/

Noun

stepchild (plural stepchildren or stepchildre)

1. stepchild (child of a spouse)
2. (rare) orphan

Descendants

• English: stepchild

References

• “step-ch?ld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Alternative forms

• stepbarn (Northern England)

Etymology

From Middle English stepbarn (“orphan”), from Old English st?opbearn (“orphan”), from Proto-Germanic *steupabarn? (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- +? bairn. Cognate with Old High German stiofbarn (“stepchild”), Danish stedbarn (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”), Icelandic stjúpbarn (“stepchild”).

Noun

stepbairn (plural stepbairns)

1. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A stepchild.

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