foster

See also: Foster

Contents

EnglishEdit

WOTD – 30 July 2007

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒstə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔstɚ/, /ˈfɑstɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nurishment, food”). Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).

AdjectiveEdit

foster (not comparable)

1. Providing parental care to unrelated children.

   Foster parents.

2. Receiving such care.

   Foster child.

3. Related by such care.

   We are a foster family.

TranslationsEdit

providing parental care to unrelated children

• Finnish: kasvatus-, kasvatti-
• French: adoptant (fr) m, adoptif (fr) m
• German: Pflege-
• Greek: θετός (el) (thetós)
• Hebrew: אימוץ‏‎ (he) (immots)
• Italian: affidatario (it) m

• Occitan: adoptiu
• Portuguese: adotivo (pt) (Brazil), adoptivo (Portugal)
• Russian: приёмный (ru) (prijómnyj)
• Spanish: adoptivo (es) m
• Swedish: adoptera (sv)
• Turkish: yetiştiren

receiving such care

• French: adoptif (fr) m
• German: Pflege-
• Greek: θετός (el) (thetós)
• Hungarian: nevelt (hu)

• Italian: adottivo (it) m
• Russian: приёмный (ru) (prijómnyj)
• Spanish: adoptivo (es) m, adoptado (es) m
• Turkish: evlatlık (tr)

related by such care

• French: adoptif (fr)

NounEdit

foster (countable and uncountable, plural fosters)

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

VerbEdit

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.

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3. (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.

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AntonymsEdit

• (cultivate and grow): hinder

TranslationsEdit

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

• Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) (otgleždam), грижа се за (griža se za)
• Catalan: criar (ca)
• Czech: pečovat
• Danish: opfostre (da)
• Finnish: kasvattaa (fi)
• French: élever (fr), adopter (fr)
• German: in Pflege geben
• Greek: ανατρέφω (el) (anatréfo)
• Irish: altramaigh, máithrigh, oil (ga)

• Kurdish: xwedî kirin (ku), mezin kirin (ku)
• Maori: taurima, whāngai
• Portuguese: criar (pt)
• Russian: воспи́тывать (ru) impf (vospítyvatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: altraim
• Spanish: criar (es)
• Swedish: uppfostra (sv)
• Turkish: yetiştirmek (tr)

to cultivate and grow something

• Bulgarian: отглеждам (bg) (otgleždam)
• Catalan: cultivar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 營造 (zh) (yíng zào)

• Finnish: vaalia (fi)
• French: cultiver (fr)
• German: pflegen (de)
• Greek: μεγαλώνω (el) (megalóno)

• Kurdish: xwedî kirin (ku), mezin kirin (ku)
• Maori: ahu, ahuahu
• Occitan: cultivar
• Portuguese: cultivar (pt)
• Russian: поощря́ть (ru) impf (pooščrjátʹ)
• Spanish: fomentar (es)
• Turkish: beslemek (tr), yetiştirmek (tr), büyütmek (tr)

to nurse or cherish something

• Bulgarian: питая (bg) (pitaja)
• Finnish: vaalia (fi), hoivata
• German: nähren (de), fördern (de)
• Greek: ανατρέφω (el) (anatréfo)
• Kurdish: xwedî kirin (ku), mezin kirin (ku)

• Maori: kumanu, rauhī
• Portuguese: nutrir (pt), cuidar (pt)
• Russian: леле́ять (ru) impf (leléjatʹ), хо́лить (ru) impf (xólitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: altraim
• Turkish: beslemek (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} promoure

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} promover, ^{(please verify)} incentivar

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from foster

• fosterable
• fosterage
• foster brother
• foster care
• foster-child, foster child

• fosterer
• foster father
• foster home
• fosterhood
• fostering

• fosterling
• fosterment
• foster mother
• foster parent
• foster sister

AnagramsEdit

• Forest, Forets, Fortes, fetors, forest, forset, fortes, fortés, froste, softer

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fóstr (“rear, raise”)

NounEdit

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

1. fetus

InflectionEdit

Declension of foster

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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fóstr

NounEdit

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

1. (biology) a fetus or foetus

Related termsEdit

• embryo

Derived termsEdit

• fostervann

ReferencesEdit

• “foster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fóstr

NounEdit

foster n (definite singular fosteret, indefinite plural foster, definite plural fostera)

1. (biology) a fetus or foetus

Related termsEdit

• embryo

ReferencesEdit

• “foster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fʊstɛr/

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fóstr (“rear, raise”)

NounEdit

foster n

1. fetus

DeclensionEdit

Declension of foster
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	foster	fostret	foster	fostren
Genitive	fosters	fostrets	fosters	fostrens

Related termsEdit

• fosterbror
• fosterfördrivning
• fosterhem
• fostersyster
• fostra