"foster care" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} foster care (uncountable)
  1. A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted. Wikipedia link: foster care Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Family Related terms: foster child, foster family, foster father, foster home, foster mother, foster parent Translations (system by which a child is cared for): acolliment familiar [masculine] (Catalan), 寄養 (Chinese Mandarin), 寄养 (jìyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 家庭寄養 (Chinese Mandarin), 家庭寄养 (jiātíng jìyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), pleegzorg [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), perhehoito (Finnish), accueil familial [masculine] (French), nevelőszülő(k)nél történő elhelyezés (Hungarian), daltachas [masculine] (Irish), cúram altrama [masculine] (Irish), 가정 위탁 (gajeong witak) (Korean), daltachas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), daltachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), acogimiento familiar [masculine] (Spanish), yetiştirme yurdu (Turkish)

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