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Definition: Stepbrother |
StepbrotherNoun1. A son of your stepparent by a former marriage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: StepbrotherSynonym: half-brother (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I don't want a stepbrother anyway (Family Portrait; performing artist: Pink) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | The police arrested two persons in connection with the killing, including Ali's stepbrother. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Stepbrother" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stepbrother" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
davis ryan stepbrother visit | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stepbrother"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vëlla nga njerku, vëlla nga njerka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أخ غير شقيق (half brother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | доведен брат. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 异父母兄弟. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nevlastní bratr (half brother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نابرادری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | demi-frère. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stiefbruder (half brother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ετεροθαλήσ αδελφόσ (half brother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mostohatestvér (halfbrother, halfsister, stepsister). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kakak tiri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fratellastro (half brother, half-brother, step-brother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 義兄弟 (brother-in-law, sworn brother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎきょう い (brother-in-law, sworn brother). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiass vraar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epbrotherstay meio-irmão (half brother), irmão por parte de pai ou mãe. (various references) сводный брат (half brother). (various references) hermanastro (half brother, step brother). (various references) styvbror. (various references) üvey kardeş (brother of the halfblood, half brother, half sister, sister of the halfblood, stepsister, uterine brother, uterine sister), üvey erkek kardeş. (various references) зведений брат. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stepbrother": stepbrothers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stepbrother" (pronounced 'Step"broth`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-h-o-p-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: potterers, protester. | |
-3 letters: betroths, brothers, potherbs, potterer, proettes, reprobes, sherbert, treetops. | |
-4 letters: betroth, betters, bettors, bothers, brother, ephebos, heptose, heteros, pertest, petters, phoebes, porters, potherb, pothers, potters, presort, prester, pretest, pretors, probers, proette, protest, rebores, reports, reposer, reprobe, restore, retorts, rhetors, rosette, rotters, sherbet, shorter, soberer, sporter, spotter, stertor, strophe, terrets, tethers, thereto. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-h-o-p-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: stepbrothers. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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