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Etymology

Latin adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt.

Noun

adoption (plural adoptions)

  1. The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
    A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
  2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
  3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.

Finnish

Noun

adoption

  1. Genitive singular form of adoptio.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

adoption f. (plural adoptions)

  1. adoption

Related terms

Swedish

Noun

Inflection for adoption Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form adoption adoptionen adoptioner adoptionerna
Possessive form adoptions adoptionens adoptioners adoptionernas

adoption c.

  1. adoption

 

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