stepsons
SaySTEP-sunz/ˈstɛpsʌnz/
- 1Plural of stepson.
She left equal shares of the estate to her three stepsons.
Both stepsons took their mother's husband's surname after the wedding.
Note
A regular plural: the -s attaches to son, the noun at the end of the word, because step- is only a prefix marking a tie through a spouse. For the plural possessive the apostrophe follows the s (her stepsons' shares), while a single son takes stepson's.
stepsons is a form of stepson
stepson, noun: The son of your spouse, born from a relationship before your own. Full entry
- Forms
- stepsonstepsons plural
- Spelling
- stepson → stepsons: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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