Dictionary

adoptee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˌdɑpˈti/ (General-American)
• /əˌdɒpˈtiː/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt", equivalent to adopt + -ee.

Meanings

1. An adopted son or daughter.
2. A person who was adopted as a child.
   • An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents.
3. Synonym of adopter.

Forms

Deriveds

nonadoptee

Relateds

foster child

Synonyms

adopter

Translations (39)

ka აყვანილი (person who was adopted as a child) · id anak angkat (adopted son or daughter) · ka ნაშვილები შვილი (person who was adopted as a child) · ka შვილად აყვანილი (person who was adopted as a child) · ru приёмный ребёнок (adopted son or daughter) · ka აყვანილი ბავშვი (person who was adopted as a child) · fi adoptiolapsi (person who was adopted as a child) · ru приёмыш (person who was adopted as a child) · ka შვილად აყვანილი ბავშვი (person who was adopted as a child) · cmn 被收養人 /被收养人 (person who was adopted as a child) · la adoptator (person who was adopted as a child) · ga uchtaí (adopted son or daughter) · ru приёмыш (adopted son or daughter) · fi adoptiolapsi (adopted son or daughter) · fr adoptée (adopted son or daughter) · ru приёмный ребёнок (person who was adopted as a child) · ja 養女 (adopted son or daughter) · cmn 被收養人 /被收养人 (adopted son or daughter) · de Adoptierter (adopted son or daughter) · fr adopté (adopted son or daughter) · fr adopté (person who was adopted as a child) · de Adoptierte (person who was adopted as a child) · cmn 養子 /养子 (adopted son or daughter) · ka ნაშვილები ბავშვი (person who was adopted as a child) · cmn 養女 /养女 (adopted son or daughter) · fr adoptée (person who was adopted as a child) · ja 養子 (person who was adopted as a child) · fi ottolapsi (person who was adopted as a child) · ko 입양아 (person who was adopted as a child) · ka შვილობილი (person who was adopted as a child) · ga uchtaí (person who was adopted as a child) · fi ottolapsi (adopted son or daughter) · ja 養子 (adopted son or daughter) · ka ნაშვილები (person who was adopted as a child) · id anak angkat (person who was adopted as a child) · ja 養女 (person who was adopted as a child) · de Adoptierter (person who was adopted as a child) · de Adoptierte (adopted son or daughter) · ko 입양아 (adopted son or daughter)