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fillâtre

French, noun/fi.jatʁ/

fillâtre is a French feminine noun meaning “stepchild (especially an evil one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfant du nouvel époux ou de la nouvelle épouse. Bel-enfant, beau-fils, belle-fille”.

What does fillâtre mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    datedfemininemasculinestepchild (especially an evil one)

  2. 2

    femininemasculinebad or uncaring child

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Enfant du nouvel époux ou de la nouvelle épouse. Bel-enfant, beau-fils, belle-fille. 2. Mauvais beau-fils, mauvaise belle-fille. 3. Mauvais fils, mauvaise fille.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fillâtre

  • fillâtres plural
  • filiâtre
  • filliâtre
  • filsâtre

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fillâtre?

  • /fi.jatʁ/
  • /fi.jɑtʁ/
  • \fi.jɑtʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fillâtre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.