"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 [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hikälan [masculine] (Volapük), jikälan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-foster_parent-en-noun-DM60sENW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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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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      "code": "kl",
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      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "code": "hu",
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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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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "tags": [
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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",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "genitore adottivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dolteyder"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "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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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "word": "rodzic zastępczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijómnyj rodítelʹ",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приёмный роди́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "word": "udomitelj"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryjomnyj batʹko abo maty",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "прийомний батько або мати"
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kälan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hikälan"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care",
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      "word": "jikälan"
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