English

Hyphenation

: step·moth·er

Noun

1. The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother, especially after the divorce or death of the mother.

Synonyms

• stepmom
• stepparent

Translations

• Bulgarian: мащеха (mashshekha)
• Catalan: madrastra :ca:madrastra|(ca)
• Chinese: (Simplified Chinese) 继母 (jimu), (Traditional Chinese) 繼母 (jimu)
• Czech: nevlastní matka, macecha, macocha, mačecha
• Danish: stedmor
• Dutch: stiefmoeder
• Estonian: kasuema
• Finnish: äitipuoli
• French: belle-mère
• German: Stiefmutter :de:Stiefmutter|(de)
• Greek: θετή μητέρα (theté mētéra)
• Hungarian: mostohaanya

• Italian: matrigna
• Ikinyarwanda: mukaso
• Japanese: 義母 (gibo)
• Korean: 계모
• Latin: noverca
• Polish: macocha
• Portuguese: madrasta
• Russian: мачеха (machekha)
• Serbian: maćeha
• Scottish Gaelic: muime , leas-mhàthair
• Slovene: mačeha
• Spanish: madrastra
• Swedish: fostermor
• Telugu: సవతి తల్లి (savati talli), మారుటి తల్లి (maaruTi talli)

Related terms

• stepbrother
• stepdaughter
• stepchild
• stepfamily
• stepfather
• stepsister
• stepson

Category:Family

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