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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDestitute child
/ˈdɛs.tɪ.tjuːt tʃaɪld/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A minor who is completely lacking the basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter, typically due to the absence or extreme poverty of parents.
"Local charities organized a special fund to provide winter clothing and education for every destitute child in the district." - 2
An abandoned or orphaned underage individual living in extreme privation, often requiring institutional state or humanitarian intervention.
"The nineteenth-century workhouse records document numerous instances of a destitute child being placed under municipal care."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'destitute', originating from the Latin 'destitutus' (abandoned, forsaken), past participle of 'destituere', and 'child', deriving from Proto-Germanic '*kiltham' (womb, child). Historically recorded in social welfare contexts during the early modern and industrial periods to designate minors lacking basic means of subsistence, shelter, and parental support.
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enfant indigent
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.fɑ̃ ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃/
"L'association vient en aide à chaque enfant indigent de la ville."
verarmtes Kind
Transliteration: /fɛɐ̯ˈaʁmtəs kɪnt/
"Die Hilfsorganisation kümmert sich um jedes verarmte Kind in der Region."
bambino indigente
Transliteration: /bamˈbi.no in.diˈdʒɛn.te/
"Ogni bambino indigente merita protezione e istruzione."
niño indigente
Transliteration: /ˈni.ɲo in.diˈخen.te/
"El programa social ofrece asistencia alimentaria a todo niño indigente."
criança indigente
Transliteration: /kriˈɐ̃.sɐ ĩ.diˈʒẽ.tʃi/
"O governo implementou novas políticas para proteger cada criança indigente."
निराश्रित बच्चा
Transliteration: niraashrit bachcha
"सरकार ने हर निराश्रित बच्चा के लिए आश्रय गृह खोले हैं।"
贫困儿童
Transliteration: pín kùn ér tóng
"社会各界应当关爱每一个贫困儿童。"
빈곤 아동
Transliteration: bingon adong
"우리는 모든 빈곤 아동을 지원해야 합니다."
貧困児童
Transliteration: hinkon jidō
"社会はすべての貧困児童を支援する責任があります。"
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