orphan
A person, especially a minor, both or one of whose parents have diedA person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
» He adopted the orphan.
Er adoptierte das Waisenkind.
Er hat das Waisenkind adoptiert.
Он усыновил сироту.
Він усиновив сироту.
Він удочерив сироту.
Meaning
6 sensesA person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
Waise, Vollwaise, Halbwaise
сирота́sirotá, сиро́ткаsirótka
сирота́syrotá
a child who has lost both parents
A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.
A young animal with no mother.
a young animal without a mother
(figuratively)Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.
A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.
Schusterjunge
the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
Any unreferenced object.
Examples
136 sentencesHe adopted the orphan.
Він усиновив сироту.
ruОн усыновил сироту.
deEr adoptierte das Waisenkind.
Tom is an orphan.
Том сирота.
ruТом - сирота.
deTom ist ein Waise.
I'm an orphan.
Я сирота.
ruЯ сирота.
deIch bin ein Waisenkind.
People took pity on the orphan.
Tom and Mary are now orphans.
Translations
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Origin
Late Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “withLate Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos.
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