noun
Meaning 1
A household in which a child is placed for foster care.
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Phrase guide
foster home
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noun
Meaning 2
A household that volunteers to care for a domestic animal it does not own, especially by raising it from infancy until it is old enough to be adopted by a permanent owner.
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noun
Meaning 3
a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)
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Broader terms: family, household, house, home, menage
History
Etymology
From foster + home.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 寄養家庭 /寄养家庭 (jìyǎng jiātíng) — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Finnish: sijaiskoti — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Hungarian: befogadó család — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Hungarian: nevelőcsalád — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Indonesian: keluarga asuh — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Irish: baile altrama — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Irish: áras altrama — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Korean: 위탁가정 (witakgajeong) — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Spanish: casa de acogida — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Spanish: hogar de acogimiento — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Spanish: hogar de adopción temporánea — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Spanish: hogar adoptivo temporáneo — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Swedish: familjehem — non-adoptive household caring for child
- Swedish: fosterhem — non-adoptive household caring for child