adoptee

See also: adoptée

English

Etymology

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

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.
Synonym of adopter

Derived terms

nonadoptee

Translations

adopted son or daughter

Chinese:
Mandarin: (adopted son) 養子／养子 (zh) (yǎngzǐ), (adopted daughter) 養女／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 (ja) 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
Georgian: ნაშვილები (našvilebi), ნაშვილები შვილი (našvilebi švili), ნაშვილები ბავშვი (našvilebi bavšvi), შვილობილი (švilobili), აყვანილი (aq̇vanili), აყვანილი ბავშვი (aq̇vanili bavšvi), შვილად აყვანილი (švilad aq̇vanili), შვილად აყვანილი ბავშვი (švilad aq̇vanili bavšvi)
German: Adoptierter m, Adoptierte f
Japanese: 養子 (ja) m (ようし, yōshi), 養女 (ja) f (yōjo) (daughter)
Korean: 입양아 (ibyang'a)
Latin: adoptator
Russian: приёмный ребёнок m (prijómnyj rebjónok), приёмыш (ru) m (prijómyš)

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Bulgarian: осиновен (bg) (osinoven)
Esperanto: adoptito
Hebrew: מאומץ m (me'umatz), מאומצת f (me'umetzet')
Italian: adottato (it) m, adottata (it) f, adottati (it) pl, adottate (it) f pl
Latin: adoptatus m, adoptata f
Portuguese: adoptado m, adoptada m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: посвојче n, нахранче n, нахранко m, нахранка f, усвојеник m, усвојеница f
Spanish: adoptado (es) m, adoptada (es) f
Volapük: (♂♀) daoptäb, (♂) hidaoptäb, (♀) jidaoptäb
Zazaki: depıtae m, depıtao f