Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

    Near-synonym: children's home (not always different)

    Waisenhaus, Kinderheim

    де́тский домdétskij dom, детдо́мdetdóm, прию́т для сиро́тprijút dlja sirót

    дитя́чий буди́нокdytjáčyj budýnok, сироти́нецьsyrotýnecʹ

    a public institution for the care of orphans

  2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

Examples

105 sentences
  1. Tom was raised in an orphanage.

    Том виріс у дитячому будинку.

    ruТом вырос в детском доме.

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  2. Tom grew up in an orphanage.

    ruТом вырос в детском доме.

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  3. I was raised in an orphanage.

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  4. I met Tom at the orphanage.

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  5. Tom delivered the package to the orphanage.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans:
Русский
By meaning 1
a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans:

Origin

Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.

Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.

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Forms

plural: orphanages
Singularorphanage
Pluralorphanages

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedorphan

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
orphanage — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto