orphanage
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or·phan·age
(ôr′fə-nĭj)n.
1. A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents.
2. The condition of being a child without parents.
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orphanage
(ˈɔːfənɪdʒ)n
1. an institution for orphans and abandoned children. Also called: children's home
2. the state of being an orphan
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or•phan•age
(ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ)n.
1. an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
2. the state of being an orphan.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" |
2. | orphanage - a public institution for the care of orphans institution - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated |
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Translations
مَيْتَم
sirotčinec
børnehjem
orfejo
یتیم خانه
sirotište
árvaház
munaðarleysingjahælimunaîarleysingjahæli
sirotinec
sirotišnica
sirotište
öksüzler yurduyetimhane
اناتھ اشرم
orphanage
[ˈɔːfənɪdʒ] N1. (= institution) → orfanato m, orfanatorio m (Mex)
2. (= state) → orfandad f
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orphanage
n → Waisenhaus nt
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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.
ˈorphanage (-nidʒ) noun a home for orphans.
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orphanage
n. orfanato, hospicio, asilo de huérfanos.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
orphanage
n orfanato, orfelinato, orfanatorioEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.