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noun, feminine

belle-fille

/bɛl.fij/

noun, feminine/bɛl.fij/plural: belles-filles

daughter-in-law (wife of one's child); stepdaughter (daughter of one's spouse and another person)

Synonyms: bru, fillâtre

Inherited from Middle French belle-fille. By surface analysis, belle- + fille.