stepson

See also: step-son

English

Alternative forms

• step-son

Etymology

From Middle English stepsone, stepsune, from Old English stēopsunu (“stepson”), from Proto-Germanic *steupasunuz (“stepson”), equivalent to step- +‎ son.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifsuun (“stepson”), West Frisian styfsoan (“stepson”), Dutch stiefzoon (“stepson”), German Low German Steevsöhn (“stepson”), German Stiefsohn (“stepson”), Danish stedsøn (“stepson”), Swedish styvson (“stepson”), Icelandic stjúpsonur (“stepson”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛpsʌn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛpsʌn
• Hyphenation: step‧son

Noun

stepson (plural stepsons)

1. The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
   • 2026 January 1, Emma Kidger, “Orangevale home invasion: Stepson in standoff with sheriff’s office”, in KTXL‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 January 2026:

     The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office detained an adult stepson who broke into his parents’ home and was involved in a standoff with deputies in Orangevale.

Hypernyms

• stepfamily
  • stepchild

Hyponyms

• stepbrother

Related terms

• stepbrother
• stepdaughter
• stepfather
• stepmother
• stepsister

Translations

son of one's spouse and not of oneself

• Arabic: رَبِيب m (rabīb)
• Armenian: խորթ որդի (xortʻ ordi), խորթ տղա (xortʻ tġa) (colloquial)
• Asturian: fiastru (ast) m, andáu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: ögey oğul, oğulluq
• Belarusian: па́серб m (pásjerb), па́сынак m (pásynak)
• Breton: lezvab (br) m, mab-kaer (br) m
• Bulgarian: дове́ден син m (dovéden sin), зава́рен син m (zaváren sin)
• Catalan: fillastre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繼 / 继 (zh) (jì), 繼子 / 继子 (zh) (jìzǐ)

• Czech: nevlastní syn m
• Dalmatian: fejustro m
• Danish: stedsøn c
• Dutch: stiefzoon (nl) m
• Esperanto: vicfilo, (sometimes) duonfilo
• Finnish: poikapuoli (fi)
• French: beau-fils (fr) m, fillâtre (fr), filsâtre (fr)
• Friulian: fiastri m
• Galician: fillastro m, enteado m
• Georgian: გერი (geri), არაღვიძლი ვაჟი (araɣviʒli važi)
• German: Stiefsohn (de) m
• Greek: προγονός (el) m (progonós)
• Haitian Creole: please add this translation if you can
• Hausa: agola
• Hungarian: mostohafiú (hu)
• Icelandic: stjúpsonur m
• Ido: stif-filiulo
• Ingrian: poikapooli, pojintima
• Irish: leasmhac m
• Italian: figliastro (it) m
• Japanese: 継息子 (ままむすこ, mamamusuko)
• Kashmiri: وۆرٕ نیٚچوٗ (vorụ necū)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nevis (ku) m

• Latin: prīvignus (la) m, filiaster
• Latvian: audžu dēls m, padēls m
• Macedonian: пасинок m (pasinok), завареник m (zavarenik)
• Māori: tama whakaangi, tamatāne whakaangi, tama kē
• Middle English: stepsone
• Navajo: hayeʼ ájíłʼíní, hayeʼ jíłʼíní (male speaker), hayáázh ájíłʼíní, hayáázh jíłʼíní (female speaker)
• Norman: bieau-fis m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stesønn m

  Nynorsk: steson m

• Old English: stēopsunu m
• Persian: پسندر (pesandar)
• Polish: pasierb (pl) m
• Portuguese: enteado (pt) m
• Romanian: fiu vitreg m
• Russian: па́сынок (ru) m (pásynok), приёмный сын m (prijómnyj syn)
• Scottish Gaelic: leas-mhac m, mac-cèile m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пасторак m, посинак m

  Latin: pastorak (sh) m, posinak (sh) m

• Slovak: nevlastný syn m
• Slovene: pastorek f
• Spanish: hijastro (es) m
• Swedish: styvson (sv) c, bonusson, plastson, låtsasson
• Turkish: üvey oğul (tr)
• Ukrainian: па́синок m (pásynok), па́серб m (páserb)
• Vietnamese: con trai riêng
• Volapük: luson (vo), hilucil
• Welsh: llysfab

Anagrams

• posnets, topness

Middle English

Noun

stepson

1. alternative form of stepsone