0
Imantaghavi Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Looking for a word

Hi,

What do we call the children of a divorced couple?

Any help is appreciated in advance,

Iman
  

Top answer

We call them by their names. There is no special term for the child of a divorced couple. What context are you thinking of?

  • We call them by their names.
  • There is no special term for the child of a divorced couple.
  • What context are you thinking of?
  • "
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

4 Answers
0
We call them by their names. There is no special term for the child of a divorced couple. What context are you thinking of?

I suppose you might see the term "children of divorce" in an aritcle, but I would never say of a particular child "he is a child of divorce." I would just say "His parents are divorced."
0
Hi Khoff,

Thank you for your reply.

Just curiosity cuz I just came across a passage which the parents of the children were divorced.

And we don't have a specific term in persian as well.

Regards,

Iman
0
Hi Iman.

As Khoff said, we do not have any specific word for that in English language as far as I know.

But when two divorced people marry each other, their children would e one another's step sister or brother. And if the woman gives birth to a child, that child would be half sister or brother to the rest of children.

Half sister/brother is usually confused with
0
Thank you Hamid very much.

That was amazing. I didn't know that.

Iman

Related Questions