foster

See also Foster

English

WOTD – 30 July 2007    

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈfɒstə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfɔstɚ/, /ˈfɑstɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒstə(r)

Etymology

Old English fostor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-Germanic *fustran.

Adjective

foster (not comparable)

1. Providing parental care to unrelated children.
2. Receiving such care
3. Related by such care

Translations

providing parental care to unrelated children

• Finnish: kasvatus-, kasvatti-
• French: placement familial (fr), adoptant (fr)
• German: Pflege-
• Greek: ανατρέφω (el) (anatréfo)

• Hebrew: אימוץ (he) (immots)
• Russian: приёмный (ru) (prijómnyj)
• Spanish: adoptivo (es) m
• Swedish: adoptera (sv)

receiving such care

• French: adoptif (fr)
• German: Pflege-
• Hungarian: nevelt (hu)

• Russian: приёмный (ru) (prijómnyj)
• Spanish: adoptivo (es) m, adoptado (es) m

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• French: adoptif

Noun

foster (countable and uncountable; plural fosters)

1. (countable, obsolete) A forester
2. (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship

Verb

foster (third-person singular simple present fosters, present participle fostering, simple past and past participle fostered)

1. (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
2. (transitive) To cultivate and grow something.

   Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.

3. (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.

Antonyms

• (cultivate and grow): hinder

Translations

to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child

• Catalan: criar (ca)
• Danish: opfostre (da)
• Finnish: kasvattaa (fi)
• French: élever (fr), adopter (fr)
• German: in Pflege geben
• Greek: ανατρέφω (el) (anatréfo)

• Kurdish: xwedî kirin (ku), mezin kirin (ku)
• Portuguese: criar (pt)
• Russian: воспитывать (ru) (vospityvatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: altraim (gd)
• Spanish: criar (es)

to cultivate and grow something

• Catalan: cultivar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 營造 (cmn) (yíng zào)

• Finnish: vaalia (fi)
• French: cultiver (fr)
• German: pflegen (de)

• Greek: μεγαλώνω (el) (megalóno)
• Kurdish: xwedî kirin (ku), mezin kirin (ku)
• Portuguese: cultivar (pt)
• Russian: поощрять (ru) (pooščrjatʹ)
• Spanish: fomentar (es)

to nurse or cherish something

• Finnish: vaalia (fi), hoivata (fi)
• German: nähren (de)
• Greek: ανατρέφω (el) (anatréfo)

• Kurdish: xwedî kirin (ku), mezin kirin (ku)
• Portuguese: nutrir (pt), cuidar (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: altraim (gd)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: promoure
• French: promouvoir, stimuler, elever

• Spanish: promover, incentivar
• Portuguese: criar, desenvolver

Derived terms

fosterable fosterage foster-child, foster child fosterer

foster home fosterhood fostering fosterment foster parent

Anagrams

• fetors
• forest
• fortes
• softer

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse fóstr (“rear, raise”)

Noun

foster n (singular definite fostret or fosteret, plural indefinite fostre)

1. fetus (fetus)

Inflection

    Inflection of foster

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	foster	fostret fosteret	fostre	fostrene
genitive	fosters	fostrets fosterets	fostres	fostrenes

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʊstɛr/

Noun

foster n

1. a fetus

Declension

Declension of foster

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	foster	fostret	foster	fostren
genitive	fosters	fostrets	fosters	fostrens

Related terms

• fosterbror
• fosterfördrivning
• fosterhem
• fostersyster
• fostra