"foster home" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foster homes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foster home (plural foster homes)
  1. A household in which a child is raised by someone other than their natural or adoptive parent, especially when that caregiver is otherwise unrelated to the child. Categories (topical): Family Related terms: foster care, foster child, foster family, foster father, foster mother, foster parent Translations (non-adoptive household caring for child): 寄養家庭 (Chinese Mandarin), 寄养家庭 (jìyǎng jiātíng) (Chinese Mandarin), sijaiskoti (Finnish), befogadó család (Hungarian), nevelőcsalád (Hungarian), keluarga asuh (Indonesian), baile altrama [masculine] (Irish), áras altrama [masculine] (Irish), casa de acogida [feminine] (Spanish), familjehem [neuter] (Swedish), fosterhem [neuter] (Swedish)

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