orphanage

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• /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/
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Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: jetimore — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Arabic: دَار الْأَيْتَام (dār al-ʔaytām) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Arabic: مَيْتَم (maytam) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (bēt yatūmē) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܹܝܪ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (dēr yatūmē) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Armenian: մանկատուն (mankatun) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Armenian: որբանոց (orbanocʻ) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Azerbaijani: yetimxana — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Azerbaijani: uşaq evi — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Azerbaijani: yettim evi — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Basque: umezurztegi — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Belarusian: дзіця́чы дом (dzicjáčy dom) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Belarusian: прыту́лак дзіця́чы (prytúlak dzicjáčy) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Belarusian: сіро́цкі дом (sirócki dom) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Bengali: এতিমখানা (etimkhana) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Bulgarian: сиропита́лище (siropitálište) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Burmese: မိဘမဲ့ဂေဟာ (mi.bha.mai.geha) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Catalan: orfenat — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Chinese Cantonese: 孤兒院 /孤儿院 — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Chinese Mandarin: 孤兒院 /孤儿院 (gū'éryuàn) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Chinese Mandarin: 保育院 (bǎoyùyuàn) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Chinese Mandarin: 兒童福利院 /儿童福利院 (értóng fúlìyuàn) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Chinese Mandarin: 育幼院 (yùyòuyuàn) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Chukchi: яйваԓран (jajvaḷran) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Czech: sirotčinec — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Czech: dětský dům — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Danish: børnehjem — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Dutch: weeshuis — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Dutch: kindertehuis — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Esperanto: orfejo — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Estonian: lastekodu — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Finnish: orpokoti — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Finnish: lastenkoti — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• French: orphelinat — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• French: maison d'enfants — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Galician: orfanato — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Georgian: ობლების თავშესაფარი (oblebis tavšesapari) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Georgian: ობლობა (obloba) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Georgian: ობოლთა თავშესაფარი (obolta tavšesapari) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• German: Waisenhaus — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• German: Kinderheim — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Greek: ορφανοτροφείο (orfanotrofeío) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Ancient Greek: βρεφοτροφεῖον (brephotropheîon) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Ancient Greek: ὀρφανοτροφεῖον (orphanotropheîon) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Greenlandic: børnehjemmi — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Greenlandic: meeqqat angerlarsimaffiat — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Greenlandic: perorsaavik — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Hebrew: בֵּית יְתוֹמִים (béit yetomím) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Hindi: अनाथाश्रम (anāthāśram) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Hindi: अनाथालय (anāthālay) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Hindi: यतीमख़ाना (yatīmxānā) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Hungarian: árvaház — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Icelandic: munaðarleysingjahæli — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Ido: orfanerio — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Indonesian: panti asuhan — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Irish: dílleachtlann — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Italian: orfanotrofio — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Japanese: 孤児院 (kojiin) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Kannada: ಅನಾಥಾಶ್ರಮ (anāthāśrama) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Kannada: ಅನಾಥಾಲಯ (anāthālaya) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Kazakh: жетімхана (jetımxana) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Khmer: មន្ទីរកុមារកំព្រា (mŭəntii komaa kɑmpriə) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Khmer: និយុវដ្ឋាន (niyuvĕəʼthaan) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Korean: 고아원 (goawon) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Korean: 보육원 (boyugwon) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Northern Kurdish: sêwîxane — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Kyrgyz: балдар үйү (baldar üyü) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Kyrgyz: жетимкана (jetimkana) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Lao: ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກໍາພອຽ (hōng līang dek kamp ʼīa) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Lao: ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກໍາພ້າ (hōng līang dek kam phā) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Latin: orphanotrophium — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Latvian: bērnu nams — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Lithuanian: našlaičių prieglauda — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Macedonian: сиропита́лиште (siropitálište) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Māori: wharepani — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Marathi: अनाथाश्रम (anāthāśram) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Marathi: अनाथालय (anāthālay) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Classical Nahuatl: icnōpilcalli — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Norwegian Bokmål: barnehjem — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Pashto: يتيمخانه (yatimxāna) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Persian: یَتیمخانِه (yatim-xâne) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Persian: پَرْوَرِشْگاه (parvarešgâh) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Plautdietsch: Weisenheim — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Polish: sierociniec — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Polish: dom dziecka — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Polish: bidul — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Portuguese: orfanato — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Romanian: orfelinat — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Russian: де́тский дом (détskij dom) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Russian: детдо́м (detdóm) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Russian: прию́т для сиро́т (prijút dlja sirót) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Russian: прию́т (prijút) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Russian: сиро́тский прию́т (sirótskij prijút) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Serbo-Croatian: сѝротӣште — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Serbo-Croatian: sìrotīšte — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Slovak: detský domov — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Slovak: sirotinec — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Slovene: sirotišnica — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Lower Sorbian: syrotownja — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Lower Sorbian: źiśeca wótwardowaŕnja — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Upper Sorbian: syrotownja — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Upper Sorbian: dom za syroty — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Upper Sorbian: dźěsćownja — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Spanish: orfanato — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Spanish: casa cuna — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Spanish: hospicio — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Spanish: orfelinato — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Spanish: orfanatorio — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Spanish: casa de expósitos — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Spanish: inclusa — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Swedish: barnhem — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Tagalog: bahay-ampunan — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Tajik: сағирхона (saġirxona) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Tajik: ятимхона (yatimxona) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Tajik: парваришгоҳ (parvarišgoh) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Tatar: балалар йорты (balalar yortı) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Tatar: ятимнәр йорты (yätimnär yortı) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Telugu: అనాధశరణాలయం (anādhaśaraṇālayaṁ) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Thai: บ้านเด็กกําพร้า (bâan-dèk-gam-práa) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Thai: สถานเลี้ยงเด็กกําพร้า — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Thai: สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กกําพร้า — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Turkish: yetimhane — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Ottoman Turkish: یتیمخانه (yetimhane) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Turkmen: ýetimler öýi — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Turkmen: ýetimhana — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Ukrainian: дитя́чий буди́нок (dytjáčyj budýnok) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Ukrainian: сироти́нець (syrotýnecʹ) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Urdu: یَتِیم خانَہ (yatīm xāna) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Urdu: اَناتھ آشْرَم (anāth āśram) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Uyghur: يېتىمخانا (yëtimxana) — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Uzbek: yetimxona — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Uzbek: bolalar uyi — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Vietnamese: trại trẻ mồ côi — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
• Vietnamese: cô nhi viện — a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans