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Definition 2024

foster_father

foster father

English

Noun

foster father ‎(plural foster fathers)

An male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.

Translations

an adult male who cares for a foster child

Chinese:
Mandarin: 養父 (zh), 养父 (zh) ‎(yǎngfù)
Esperanto: nutropatro
French: père adoptif m
German: Pflegevater (de) m, Ziehvater (de) m, (obsolete) Nährvater m

Irish: athair altrama m, oide (ga) m (literary)
Japanese: 養父 ‎(ようふ, yōfu)
Romanian: tată adoptiv m
Russian: приёмный оте́ц m ‎(prijómnyj otéc)
Tagalog: ama-amahan
Volapük: (male or female) kälan (vo), (male) hikälan

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