🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

새아버지

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sae-abeoji

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stepfather/ˈstɛpˌfɑː.ðər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"새아버지는 그에게 악기를 가르쳐 주셨다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A male who is the husband of one's mother, but is not one's biological father.

    "Her stepfather walked her down the aisle at the wedding."
  2. 2

    A social father figure who steps into a parental role within a blended family structure.

    "He has been a wonderful stepfather to her children since they got married."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'stēopfæder', combining 'stēop-' (meaning orphan or bereft) and 'fæder' (father). Historically used to denote a father who has taken the place of a biological parent through marriage, losing its original sorrowful connotation of bereavement over time to simply mean a marital relation.

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