foster father

English

Noun

foster father (plural foster fathers)

1. A male adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.

Translations

adult male who cares for a foster child

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 養父／养父 (zh) (yǎngfù)

• Esperanto: nutropatro
• French: père adoptif m
• Galician: pai adoptivo m
• German: Pflegevater (de) m, Ziehvater (de) m, Nährvater m (obsolete)
• Greek:

  Ancient: τροφεύς m (tropheús)

• Hungarian: nevelőapa (hu), fogadott apa
• Indonesian: bapak angkat, ayah angkat (id)
• Irish: athair altrama m, oide (ga) m (literary)
• Italian: vicepadre m
• Japanese: 養父 (ja) (ようふ, yōfu)
• Latin: altor m
• Malay: bapa angkat, ayah angkat
• Old English: fōstorfæder m
• Romanian: tată adoptiv m
• Russian: приёмный оте́ц m (prijómnyj otéc)
• Spanish: padre adoptivo m
• Tagalog: ama-amahan
• Volapük: kälan (vo) (male or female), hikälan (male)

See also

• foster brother
• foster care
• foster child
• foster dam
• foster daughter
• foster family
• foster feeder
• foster home
• foster mother
• foster parent
• foster sib
• foster sibling
• foster sire
• foster sister
• foster son