"adoptive father" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adoptive fathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adoptive father (plural adoptive fathers)
  1. A man who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological father. Categories (topical): Male family members, Parents Hypernyms: adoptive parent Coordinate_terms: adoptive mother Translations (man who has adopted a child): 養父 (Chinese Mandarin), 养父 (yǎngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), adoptie vader (Dutch), adoptioisä (Finnish), père adoptif [masculine] (French), pai adoptivo [masculine] (Galician), Adoptivvater [masculine] (German), προσαρμοστικός πατέρας (prosarmostikós patéras) (Greek), bapak angkat (Indonesian), ayah angkat (Indonesian), padre adottivo [masculine] (Italian), 養父 (yōfu) (alt: ようふ) (Japanese), 양부 (yangbu) (alt: 養父) (Korean), pater adoptivus [masculine] (Latin), adoptator (Latin), adrogator (Latin), bapa angkat (Malay), ayah angkat (Malay), ᠠᡵᠠᡥᠠ ᠠᠮᠠ (araha ama) (Manchu), ojciec adopcyjny [masculine] (Polish), pai adotivo [masculine] (Portuguese), приёмный оте́ц (prijómnyj otéc) [masculine] (Russian), padre adoptivo [masculine] (Spanish), adoptivfar (Swedish), adopivpappa [common-gender] (Swedish), daoptan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hidaoptan [masculine] (Volapük), jidaoptan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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          "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "padre adottivo"
    },
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "word": "養父"
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      "alt": "養父",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pater adoptivus"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "word": "adoptator"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "word": "adrogator"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "word": "bapa angkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "word": "ayah angkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "araha ama",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "word": "ᠠᡵᠠᡥᠠ ᠠᠮᠠ"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ojciec adopcyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pai adotivo"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijómnyj otéc",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "приёмный оте́ц"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "padre adoptivo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hidaoptan"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "man who has adopted a child",
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