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Definition 2024

adoptee

adoptee

See also: adoptée

English

Noun

adoptee ‎(plural adoptees)

An adopted son or daughter.
A person who was adopted as a child.
An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents.

Translations

adopted son or daughter

Chinese:
Mandarin: (adopted son) 養子 (zh), 养子 (zh) ‎(yǎngzǐ), (adopted daughter) 養女 (zh), 养女 (zh) ‎(yǎngnǚ), (adoptee) 被收養人, 被收养人 ‎(bèishōuyǎngrén)
Finnish: ottolapsi (fi), adoptiolapsi (fi)
French: adopté (fr) m, adoptée (fr) f
German: Adoptierter m, Adoptierte f

Japanese: 養子 m ‎(ようし, yōshi), 養女 (ja) f ‎(yōjo) (daughter)
Korean: 입양아 ‎(ibyang-a)
Russian: приёмный ребёнок m ‎(prijómnyj rebjónok), приёмыш (ru) m ‎(prijómyš)

person who was adopted as a child

Chinese:
Mandarin: 被收養人, 被收养人 ‎(bèishōuyǎngrén)
Finnish: ottolapsi (fi), adoptiolapsi (fi)
French: adopté (fr) m, adoptée (fr) f
German: Adoptierter m, Adoptierte f

Japanese: 養子 m ‎(ようし, yōshi), 養女 (ja) f ‎(yōjo) (daughter)
Korean: 입양아 ‎(ibyang-a)
Russian: приёмный ребёнок m ‎(prijómnyj rebjónok), приёмыш (ru) m ‎(prijómyš)

See also

foster child