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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAdopted
/əˈdɒptɪd/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Legally taken by another family as their own child.
"She was raised by her loving adopted parents in a suburban neighborhood." - 2
Of a custom, idea, or method, formally accepted and put into practice.
"The committee reviewed the newly adopted safety regulations for the facility."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'adoptare', meaning 'to choose for oneself' or 'to take by choice', combining 'ad-' (to) and 'optare' (to choose). It entered Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, initially denoting the legal taking of someone else's child as one's own, and later expanded to include ideas, customs, and technologies.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Adopted" is said worldwide
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adopté
Transliteration: adopte
"Il est un enfant adopté."
adoptiert
Transliteration: adoptiert
"Sie haben ein adoptiertes Kind."
adottato
Transliteration: adottato
"Questo è un cane adottato."
adoptado
Transliteration: adoptado
"Ellos tienen un hijo adoptado."
adotado
Transliteration: adotado
"O gato adotado é muito dócil."
गोd लिया हुआ
Transliteration: god liya hua
Script: गोद लिया हुआ
"वह एक गोद लिया हुआ बच्चा है।"
收养的
Transliteration: shōuyǎng de
"这是一个收养的孩子。"
입양된
Transliteration: ipyangdoen
"그는 입양된 자녀입니다."
養子縁組の
Transliteration: yōshi engumi no
"彼には養子の子供がいます。"
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