Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half sibling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
half si-b-ling
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full-sibling or sibling-german, from a stepsibling, or from a sibling-like figure such as a blood sibling.

noun

Any of two or more horses having the same dam but different sires.

Inflected Forms

half siblings (plural) half-sibling (alternative) halfsibling (alternative)

Phrases

half sibling-in-law

Frequently Paired Words

stepsibling

Questions

What does half sibling mean?
A sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full-sibling or sibling-german, from a stepsibling, or from a sibling-like figure such as a blood sibling.

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