"foster father" meaning in English

See foster father in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: foster fathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foster father (plural foster fathers)
  1. A male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care. Categories (topical): Male family members, Parents Translations (adult male who cares for a foster child): τροφεύς (tropheús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 養父 (Chinese Mandarin), 养父 (yǎngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), nutropatro (Esperanto), père adoptif [masculine] (French), pai adoptivo [masculine] (Galician), Pflegevater [masculine] (German), Ziehvater [masculine] (German), Nährvater [masculine, obsolete] (German), nevelőapa (Hungarian), fogadott apa (Hungarian), bapak angkat (Indonesian), ayah angkat (Indonesian), athair altrama [masculine] (Irish), oide [literary, masculine] (Irish), vicepadre [masculine] (Italian), 養父 (yōfu) (alt: ようふ) (Japanese), altor [masculine] (Latin), bapa angkat (Malay), ayah angkat (Malay), fōstorfæder [masculine] (Old English), tată adoptiv [masculine] (Romanian), приёмный оте́ц (prijómnyj otéc) [masculine] (Russian), padre adoptivo [masculine] (Spanish), ama-amahan (Tagalog), kälan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hikälan [masculine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foster fathers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "foster father (plural foster fathers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Old English translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Volapük translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "en:Male family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Male people",
            "Family",
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Parents",
          "orig": "en:Parents",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care."
      ],
      "id": "en-foster_father-en-noun-mRTY68NC",
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "foster care",
          "foster care"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "foster brother"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster care"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster child"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster dam"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster daughter"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster family"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster feeder"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster home"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster mother"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster parent"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster sib"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster sibling"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster sire"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster sister"
        },
        {
          "word": "foster son"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "養父"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǎngfù",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "养父"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "nutropatro"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "père adoptif"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pai adoptivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Pflegevater"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ziehvater"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "Nährvater"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "tropheús",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "τροφεύς"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "nevelőapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "fogadott apa"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "bapak angkat"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "ayah angkat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "athair altrama"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "literary",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oide"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vicepadre"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ようふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yōfu",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "養父"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "altor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "bapa angkat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "ayah angkat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fōstorfæder"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tată adoptiv"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prijómnyj otéc",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "приёмный оте́ц"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "padre adoptivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "word": "ama-amahan"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kälan"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hikälan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foster father"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foster fathers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "foster father (plural foster fathers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "foster brother"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster care"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster child"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster dam"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster daughter"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster family"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster feeder"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster home"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster mother"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster parent"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster sib"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster sibling"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster sire"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster sister"
    },
    {
      "word": "foster son"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Old English translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "en:Male family members",
        "en:Parents"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "foster care",
          "foster care"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "養父"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎngfù",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "养父"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "nutropatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "père adoptif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pai adoptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pflegevater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ziehvater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Nährvater"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tropheús",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τροφεύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "nevelőapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "fogadott apa"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "bapak angkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "ayah angkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "athair altrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicepadre"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōfu",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "養父"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "altor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "bapa angkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "ayah angkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fōstorfæder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tată adoptiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijómnyj otéc",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приёмный оте́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padre adoptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "word": "ama-amahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kälan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "adult male who cares for a foster child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hikälan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foster father"
}

Download raw JSONL data for foster father meaning in English (5.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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.