belle-fille
French
Etymology
From Middle French belle-fille; equivalent to belle- + fille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛl.fij/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ij
- Homophone: belles-filles
Noun
belle-fille f (plural belles-filles)
- daughter-in-law (wife of one's child)
- Synonym: bru
- stepdaughter (daughter of one's spouse and another person)
- Synonym: fillâtre
Related terms
- beau-fils m
- beau-frère m
- beau-père m
- belle-mère f
- belle-sœur f
- bru f
- gendre m
Further reading
- “belle-fille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.