orphan

or·phan  (ôrfn)

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 without a mother.

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

4. An orphan technology or product.

5.

a. A line of type beginning a new paragraph at the bottom of a column or page.

b. A short line of type at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page; a widow.

adj.

1. Deprived of parents.

2. Intended for orphans: an orphan home.

3. Lacking support, supervision, or care.

4. Not developed or marketed, especially on account of being commercially unprofitable: "an aggregation of every orphan technology at the Pentagon, stuff that's been around for years that nobody would buy" (Harper's).

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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orphan·hood n.

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orphan

Noun

a child whose parents are dead

Verb

to cause (someone) to become an orphan: she was orphaned at 16 when her parents died in a car crash [Greek orphanos]

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"

Translations

orphan [ˈɔːfn] n → huérfano/a

vt to be orphaned → quedar huérfano/a

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orphan [ˈɔːfn] n → orphelin(e)

vt to be orphaned → devenir orphelin

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orphan [ˈɔːfn] n → Waise f, Waisenkind nt

vt to be orphaned → zur Waise werden

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orphan [ˈɔːfn] n → orfano/a

vt to be orphaned → diventare orfano

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orphan

n orphan [ˈoːfən]

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 sirotek; osiřelý (en) forældreløs die Waise, Waisen-... ορφανός huérfano orb یتیم orpo orphelin/-ine יָתוֹם अनाथ siroče árva yatim piatu munaðarleysingi orfano 孤児 고아 našlaitis bārenis anak yatim piatu wees foreldreløst barn sierota órfão orfan сирота sirota; osirelý sirota siroče föräldralöst barn เด็กกำพร้า öksüz, yetim 孤兒 сирота يتيم trẻ mồ côi 孤儿

n orphanage [-nidʒ]

a home for orphans. weeshuis مَيْتَم сиропиталище sirotčinec børnehjem das Waisenhaus ορφανοτροφείο orfanato 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 weeshuis barnehjem, vaisenhus sierociniec 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