adoptive

English

Etymology

adopt +‎ -ive

Adjective

adoptive (not comparable)

1. Related through adoption; more generally, relating to adoption.

   My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents.

Translations

related through adoption

• Catalan: adoptiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 養／养 (zh), 养 (zh) (yǎng) (of parents)

• Esperanto: adopta
• Finnish: adoptio-, otto- (of parents)
• French: adoptif (fr)
• German: adoptiv
• Italian: adottivo (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 養 (ja) (よう, yō) (of parents)
• Old English: ġewȳsċendlīċ
• Polish: adopcyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: adotivo (pt)
• Romanian: adoptiv (ro)
• Russian: приёмный (ru) (prijómnyj) (of parents)
• Spanish: adoptivo (es)

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French

Adjective

adoptive

1. feminine singular of adoptif

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) adoptīve

1. vocative masculine singular of adoptīvus

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Swedish

Adjective

adoptive

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of adoptiv