English

Etymology
Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt"

Noun
en-noun

1. An adopted son or daughter. A foster child.
2. A person who was adopted as a child.

#:An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents.

Translations

Chinese: �� (y�ngz�)
French: adopté m, adoptée f
German: Adoptierter m, Adoptierte f
Hebrew: ����ץ (me'umatz) m, ����צת (me'umetzet') f
Italian: adottato m, adottata f, adottati p, adottate f|p
Japanese: �� (���, y�shi) m; �女 (y�jo) f
Korean: ��� (ibyang-a)
Latin: adoptatus m, adoptata f, adoptati m genitive singular and nominative plural, adoptatae f genitive singular and nominative plural, adoptatorum m genitive plural, adoptatarum f genitive plural
Portuguese: adoptado m, adoptada m
Spanish: adoptado m, adoptada f

fr:adoptee
vi:adoptee

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