English
Etymology
Latin adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf. F. adopter. See Option.
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /��d�pt/
Verb
en-verb
- transitive To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
#:A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
- transitive To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
Translations
trans-top|To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen
Arabic: Arab|تب��|ت�ب���� (tabanna)
Chinese: ��, �� (sh�uy�ng)
Czech: adoptovat
Dutch: adopteren, aannemen
Finnish: t-|fi|adoptoida
German: t+|de|adoptieren
Greek: t+|el|�ιοθε��|tryiothetó|scGrek
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Russian: Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�новлÑ�Ñ�Ñ� (usynovl'át') impf, Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�новиÑ�Ñ� (usynovÃt') pf accept a boy; Ñ�доÑ�еÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ� (udoÄ�er'át') impf, Ñ�доÑ�еÑ�иÑ�Ñ� (udoÄ�erÃt') pf accept a girl; пÑ�инимаÑ�Ñ� (prin'átâ��) pf ,пÑ�инÑ�Ñ�Ñ� (prin'átâ��) pf; пÑ�изнаваÑ�Ñ� (priznavát') impf, пÑ�изнаÑ�Ñ� (priznát') pf
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trans-top|To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally
Arabic: Arab|تب��|ت�ب���� (tabanna)
Chinese: é �é¤�, é¢�å�» (lÇ�ngyÇ�ng)
Dutch: goed keuren
Finnish: omaksua
German: annehmen, übernehmen
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Greek: t+|el|�ιοθε��|tryiothetó|scGrek
Japanese: ���� (saiy� suru)
Russian: п�инима�� (prin'át�) pf ,п�ин��� (prin'át�) pf; п�изнава�� (priznavát') impf, п�изна�� (priznát') pf
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ttbc|French: adopter
ttbc|Hebrew: ���ץ (le'ametz)
ttbc|Italian: adottare
ttbc|Japanese: ���� (saiy� suru)
ttbc|Korean: ��� ��� (chaetaekhan wihayeo)
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ttbc|Latin: adoptare
ttbc|Portuguese: adotar
ttbc|Spanish: adoptar
ttbc|Swedish: adoptera
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Related terms
adoptee
adoption
adoptive
adoptive father
adoptive mother
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