adoptee
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adoptee
- /əˌdɒpˈtiː/
- /əˌdɑpˈti/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt", equivalent to adopt + -ee.
noun adoptees
- An adopted son or daughter.
- A person who was adopted as a child. An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents.
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Synonym of adopter.
Similar: adopter
Translations
Every language
noun adopted son or daughter
| 한국어 | 입양아 ibyang'a |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 養子 yōshi, 養女 yōjo |
| 中文 | 養子 /养子 yǎngzǐ, 養女 /养女 yǎngnǚ, 被收養人 /被收养人 adoptee |
| Français | adopté, adoptée |
| Deutsch | Adoptierter, Adoptierte |
| Русский | приёмный ребёнок prijómnyj rebjónok, приёмыш prijómyš |
noun person who was adopted as a child
| 한국어 | 입양아 ibyang'a |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 養子 yōshi, 養女 yōjo |
| 中文 | 被收養人 /被收养人 bèishōuyǎngrén |
| Français | adopté, adoptée |
| Deutsch | Adoptierter, Adoptierte |
| Русский | приёмный ребёнок prijómnyj rebjónok, приёмыш prijómyš |
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@misc{adoptee_2026,
title = {adoptee},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adoptee},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
