orphan

or·phan

 (ôr′fən)

n.

1.

a. A child whose parents are dead.

b. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.

2. A young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.

3. One that lacks support, supervision, or care: A lack of corporate interest has made the subsidiary an orphan.

4. A technology or product that has not been developed or marketed, especially on account of being commercially unprofitable.

5. Printing A very short line of type at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page.

adj.

1. Deprived of parents.

2. Intended for orphans: an orphan home.

3. Lacking support, supervision, or care.

4. Being a technology or product that is an orphan.

tr.v. or·phaned, or·phan·ing, or·phans

To deprive (a child or young animal) of a parent or parents.

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[Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos, orphaned; see orbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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or′phan·hood′ n.

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orphan

(ˈɔːfən)

n

1.

a. a child, one or (more commonly) both of whose parents are dead

b. (as modifier): an orphan child.

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the first line of a paragraph separated from the rest of the paragraph by occurring at the foot of a page

vb

(tr) to deprive of one or both parents

[C15: from Late Latin orphanus, from Greek orphanos; compare Latin orbus bereaved]

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or•phan

(ˈɔr fən)
n.

1. a child who has lost both parents or, less commonly, one parent through death.

2. a young animal that is without its mother.

3. a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.

4. (esp. in word processing) the first line of a paragraph when it appears alone at the bottom of a printed page. Compare widow (def. 3b).

adj.

5. bereft of parents.

6. of or for orphans.

v.t.

7. to cause to become an orphan.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin orphanus destitute, without parents < Greek orphanós bereaved; akin to Latin orbus bereaved]

or′phan•hood`, n.

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orphan

Past participle: orphaned
Gerund: orphaning

Imperative

orphan

orphan

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	orphan - a child who has lost both parents   child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
	2.	orphan - someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	orphan - the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"
	4.	orphan - a young animal without a mother young, offspring - any immature animal
Verb	1.	orphan - deprive of parents deprive, divest, strip - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

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Translations

يَتيميَتِيمٌ

сирак

sirotek

forældreløsforældreløst barn

WaiseWaisenkind

ορφανόορφανός

huérfano

یتیم

orpo

orphelinpupille

siročesirotan

árva

anak yatim

munaîarleysingi

orfanorendere orfano

孤児

고아

orbaorbus

našlaičių prieglauda

bārenis

wees

foreldreløst barn

sierota

órfão

сирота

sirotaosirelý

sirota

föräldralöst barn

ลูกกำพร้า

yetimkimsesizöksüz

сирота

trẻ mồ côi

孤儿

orphan

[ˈɔːfən]

A. N → huérfano/a m/f

B. ADJ → huérfano

C. VT to be orphaned → quedarse huérfano
she was orphaned at the age of nine → quedó huérfana a los nueve años
the children were orphaned by the accident → el accidente dejó huérfanos a los niños

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

orphan

[ˈɔː^rfən]

n → orphelin(e) m/f

vt
to be orphaned → devenir orphelin

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

orphan

n → Waise f, → Waisenkind nt; the accident left him an orphan → der Unfall machte ihn zur Waise or zum Waisenkind; like orphan Annie (inf) → wie bestellt und nicht abgeholt

adj → Waisen-; orphan child → Waisenkind nt

vt → zur Waise machen; to be orphaned → zur Waise werden; he was orphaned by the war → er ist (eine) Kriegswaise; he was orphaned at the age of three → er wurde Waise, als er drei Jahre alt war

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

orphan

[ˈɔːf/ən]

1. adj & n → orfano/a

2. vt to be orphaned → restare orfano/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

orphan

(ˈoːfən) noun

a child who has lost both parents (rarely only one parent). That little girl is an orphan; (also adjective) an orphan child. weeskind يَتيم сирак órfão sirotek; osiřelý die Waise, Waisen-... (en) forældreløs ορφανόςhuérfano orb یتیم orpo orphelin/-ine יתום अनाथ siroče árva yatim piatu munaðarleysingi orfano 孤児 고아 našlaitis bārenis anak yatim piatu weesforeldreløst barnsierota يتيم órfão orfan сирота sirota; osirelý sirota siroče föräldralöst barn เด็กกำพร้า öksüz, yetim 孤兒 сирота يتيم trẻ mồ côi 孤儿

ˈorphanage (-nidʒ) noun

a home for orphans. weeshuis مَيْتَم сиропиталище orfanato sirotčinec das Waisenhaus børnehjem ορφανοτροφείοorfanato lastekodu یتیم خانه orpokoti orphelinat בֵּית-יְתוֹמִים अनाथालय sirotište árvaház rumah yatim munaðarleysingjahæli orfanotrofio 孤児院 고아원 našlaičių prieglauda bāriņu nams/patversme rumah anak yatim weeshuisbarnehjem, vaisenhussierociniec يتيم خانه orfanato orfelinat приют для сирот sirotinec sirotišnica sirotište barnhem สถานที่เลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า öksüzler yurdu, yetimhane 孤兒院 притулок для сиріт يتيم خانہ trại mồ côi 孤儿院

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orphan

→ يَتِيمٌ sirotek forældreløs Waisenkind ορφανό huérfano orpo orphelin siroče orfano 孤児 고아 wees foreldreløst barn sierota órfão сирота föräldralöst barn ลูกกำพร้า kimsesiz trẻ mồ côi 孤儿

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or·phan

n. huérfano-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

orphan

n huérfano -na mf

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