"adoptive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈdɒptɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adoptive.wav
Etymology: From adopt + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adopt|ive}} adopt + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} adoptive (not comparable)
  1. Related through adoption. Tags: not-comparable Translations (related through adoption): adoptiu (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (yǎng) (note: of parents) (Chinese Mandarin), adopta (Esperanto), adoptio- (Finnish), otto- (note: of parents) (Finnish), adoptif (French), adoptivo (Galician), adoptiv (German), adottivo (Italian), () (note: of parents) (alt: よう) (Japanese), angkat (Malay), ġewȳsċendlīċ (Old English), adopcyjny (Polish), adotivo (Portuguese), adoptiv (Romanian), приёмный (prijómnyj) (note: of parents) (Russian), adoptivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adoptive-en-adj-en:related Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'related through adoption': 85 15
  2. Pertaining to adoption. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-adoptive-en-adj-en:relational Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adoptive father, adoptively, adoptive mother, adoptive parent, adoptive sibling, nonadoptive
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Pertaining to adoption."
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      "note": "of parents",
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      "sense": "related through adoption",
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      "sense": "related through adoption",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.