Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foster-parent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defender, guardian, protector, shielder
Narrower terms: foster-father, foster father, foster-mother, foster mother
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Chinese Mandarin:
養父 /养父
(yǎngfù)
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Chinese Mandarin:
養母 /养母
(yǎngmǔ)
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Chinese Mandarin:
養父母 /养父母
(yǎngfùmǔ)
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Dutch:
pleegouder
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Finnish:
kasvatusvanhempi
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Finnish:
sijaisvanhempi
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Finnish:
perhehoitaja
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
French:
parent d'accueil
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Greenlandic:
angajoqqaarsiaq
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Hungarian:
nevelőszülő
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Hungarian:
fogadott szülő
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Irish:
altramaí
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Italian:
genitore adottivo
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Manx:
dolteyder
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Māori:
matua whāngai
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Māori:
matua taurima
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Polish:
rodzic zastępczy
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Russian:
приёмный роди́тель
(prijómnyj rodítelʹ)
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Serbo-Croatian:
udomitelj
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Spanish:
pupilero
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Spanish:
padre de acogimiento
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Ukrainian:
прийомний батько або мати
(pryjomnyj batʹko abo maty)
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Volapük:
kälan
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Volapük:
hikälan
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
-
Volapük:
jikälan
— adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care
