"foster parent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foster parents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foster parent (plural foster parents)
  1. An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care. Categories (topical): Family members, Parents Related terms: foster care, foster child, foster family, foster father, foster home, foster mother Translations (adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care): 養父 (Chinese Mandarin), 养父 (yǎngfù) (english: adoptive father) (Chinese Mandarin), 養母 (Chinese Mandarin), 养母 (yǎngmǔ) (english: adoptive mother) (Chinese Mandarin), 養父母 (Chinese Mandarin), 养父母 (yǎngfùmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kasvatusvanhempi (Finnish), sijaisvanhempi (Finnish), perhehoitaja (Finnish), parent adoptif [masculine] (French), angajoqqaarsiaq (Greenlandic), nevelőszülő (Hungarian), fogadott szülő (Hungarian), altramaí [masculine] (Irish), genitore adottivo [masculine] (Italian), dolteyder [masculine] (Manx), matua whāngai (Maori), matua taurima (Maori), rodzic zastępczy (Polish), приёмный роди́тель (prijómnyj rodítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), udomitelj (Serbo-Croatian), прийомний батько або мати (pryjomnyj batʹko abo maty) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), kälan (Volapük), hikälan [masculine] (Volapük), jikälan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "parent adoptif"
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          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "word": "angajoqqaarsiaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "word": "nevelőszülő"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "word": "fogadott szülő"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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          "word": "altramaí"
        },
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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "genitore adottivo"
        },
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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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          "word": "dolteyder"
        },
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "word": "matua whāngai"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "word": "matua taurima"
        },
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "word": "rodzic zastępczy"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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        },
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
          "word": "udomitelj"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pryjomnyj batʹko abo maty",
          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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          "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "word": "parent adoptif"
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "word": "altramaí"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "word": "genitore adottivo"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "word": "приёмный роди́тель"
    },
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "word": "udomitelj"
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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