foster
Providing parental care to children not related to oneselfProviding parental care to children not related to oneself.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
foster parents
Pflege-
приёмныйprijómnyj
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
(not comparable)Receiving such care.
a foster child
Pflege-
приёмныйprijómnyj
(not comparable)Related by such care.
We are a foster family.
Examples
144 sentencesI was raised by foster parents.
Мене виховали прийомні батьки. — deniko
Tom grew up in foster care.
deTom ist bei Pflegeeltern groß geworden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom and Mary are foster parents.
I was put in foster care.
Was Tom placed with foster parents?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-WestFrom Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”).
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