stepmothers
USSTEP-muth-erz/ˈstɛpˌmʌðɚz/UKSTEP-muth-uhz/ˈstɛpmʌðəz/
- 1Plural of stepmother.
Several stepmothers in the support group shared advice about blending families.
The novel portrays its stepmothers with unusual warmth and depth.
Note
A regular plural, with the -s added to mother, the head of the compound. Step- is a prefix and never takes the ending itself. The plural possessive puts the apostrophe after the s: the stepmothers' advice. The same form also serves a rare botanical meaning, in which stepmothers are violas, especially heartsease, Viola tricolor.
stepmothers is a form of stepmother
stepmother, noun: The wife of one's father who is not one's biological mother. Full entry
- Forms
- stepmotherstepmothers plural
- Spelling
- stepmother → stepmothers: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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