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Meaning of Stepfather | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
  2. The husband of one's parent distinct from one's biological father or person with a similar relationship.

Equivalents

العربية راب زوج الأمّ
Azərbaycanca ögey ata
Български пастрок
Bosanski očuh очух
Català padrastre
Cymraeg llystad
Ελληνικά πατριός
Esperanto duonpatro vicpatro
Español padrastro
Euskara aitaorde
فارسی ناپدری
Français beau-père parâtre
Gaeilge leasathair
Gàidhlig leas-athair oide
Galego padrasto
Hrvatski očuh очух
Magyar mostohaapa
Հայերեն հորա հորու
Íslenska stjúpfaðir stjúpi
Italiano patrigno
日本語 継父
ქართული მამინაცვალი
Lëtzebuergesch Stéifpapp
Latviešu patēvs
Malagasy raikely
Македонски очув потатко
မြန်မာဘာသာ ပထွေး
Nederlands stiefvader
Polski ojczym
Português padrasto
Română tată vitreg
Slovenščina očim
Shqip njerk vitërk
Српски očuh очух
తెలుగు సవతితండ్రి
Tagalog amang-panguman
Türkçe cicibaba üvey baba
Українська вітчим
Tiếng Việt bổ dưỡng

Examples

“My stepfather loved me as much as he loved his own three sons. I knew how much he wanted to help me and how lacking in financial resources he was. Nothing could erase the image I gained of my real father that day: a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son.”
“In suboptimal cases the gynaecologist takes sperm from anonymous donors. In this case the husband can only be stepfather of the child.”
“Telegony or Inheritance from the Stepfather The earliest reference to telegony ( which has no connection with the son of Odysseus ) is supposed to be in 1665 but the classical case is that described in the Philosophical Transactions of[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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