half sibling

See also: halfsibling and half-sibling

English

Alternative forms

half-sibling, halfsibling

Noun

half sibling (plural half siblings)

A sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full sibling or sibling-german, from a step-sibling, or from a sibling -like figure such as a blood sibling.
Hyponyms: half brother, half sister, uterine sibling

Derived terms

half sibling-in-law

Translations

a half sibling

Dutch: halfbrus (nl)
Finnish: sisaruspuoli, puolisisarus
Ido: mifrato (io)
Latin: semigermane, semifratrem, semifrater m, semisoror f
Nupe: tsógi
Polish: rodzeństwo przyrodnie n
Swedish: halvsyskon (sv) n

child of the same mother but a different father

Catalan: germà uterí m
Japanese: 胤違い (たねちがい, tanechigai)
Russian: единоутробный (ru) m (jedinoutrobnyj)
Yoruba: ọmọ-ìyá, iyèkan
Ekiti: omiye

child of the same father but a different mother

Japanese: 腹違い (はらちがい, harachigai)
Russian: единокровный (ru) m (jedinokrovnyj)
Yoruba: ọmọ-bàbá, ọbàkan
Ekiti: ọmiba

See also

stepsibling

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