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A male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nursing father
Antonyms: none provided
a man who is a foster parent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foster-father
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: father figure, father surrogate, foster-parent, foster parent
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
養父 /养父
(yǎngfù)
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Esperanto:
nutropatro
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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French:
père adoptif
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Galician:
pai adoptivo
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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German:
Pflegevater
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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German:
Ziehvater
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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German:
Nährvater
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Ancient Greek:
τροφεύς
(tropheús)
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Hungarian:
nevelőapa
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Hungarian:
fogadott apa
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Indonesian:
bapak angkat
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Indonesian:
ayah angkat
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Irish:
athair altrama
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Irish:
oide
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Italian:
vicepadre
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Japanese:
養父
(yōfu)
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Latin:
altor
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Malay:
bapa angkat
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Malay:
ayah angkat
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Old English:
fōstorfæder
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Romanian:
tată adoptiv
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Russian:
приёмный оте́ц
(prijómnyj otéc)
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Spanish:
padre adoptivo
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Spanish:
pupilero
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Spanish:
padre de acogimiento
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Spanish:
padre de adopción temporánea
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Spanish:
padre adoptivo temporáneo
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Swedish:
fosterfar
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Tagalog:
ama-amahan
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Volapük:
kälan
— adult male who cares for a foster child
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Volapük:
hikälan
— adult male who cares for a foster child
