Adoption

//əˈdɑp.ʃən//

Synonyms for "adoption" (71 found)

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Translations

73 translations across 41 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • υἱοθεσία noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Arabic

1 entries
  • تَبَنٍّ noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Armenian

1 entries
  • որդեգրում noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • удачарэнне noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • усынаўленне noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • осиновяване noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • усвояване noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)

Catalan

2 entries
  • adopció noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adopció noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 收養 /收养 noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • 領養 /领养 noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Czech

2 entries
  • adopce noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • osvojení noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Danish

1 entries
  • adoption noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Dutch

1 entries
  • adoptie noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • adopto noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Finnish

3 entries
  • adoptio noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adoptio noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
  • käyttöönotto noun (transfer between old system to another)

French

2 entries
  • adoption noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adoption noun (transfer between old system to another)

Galician

1 entries
  • adopción noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Georgian

2 entries
  • აყვანა noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • შვილება noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

German

1 entries
  • Adoption noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰 noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Greek

2 entries
  • υιοθέτηση noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
  • υιοθεσία noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אימוץ noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • adoptálás noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • örökbefogadás noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • adopsi noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adopsi noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)

Italian

4 entries
  • adozione noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adozione noun (transfer between old system to another)
  • conversione noun (transfer between old system to another)
  • migrazione noun (transfer between old system to another)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 養子縁組 noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Korean

1 entries
  • 입양 noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Malay

3 entries
  • penerimaan noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
  • pengambilan noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
  • pengambilan anak angkat noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • adopsjon noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • adopsjon noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġewȳsċing noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Polish

4 entries
  • adopcja noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adoptacja noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • przysposobienie noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • usynowienie noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • adoção noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adoção noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)

Romanian

2 entries
  • adoptare noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adopție noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Russian

3 entries
  • адо́пция noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • удочере́ние noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • усыновле́ние noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • uchd-mhacachd noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • uchd-mhacachd noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • posvajanje noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • posvojenje noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • usvojenje noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Spanish

2 entries
  • adopción noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • adopción noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)

Swedish

2 entries
  • adoption noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • anammande noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • adopsiyon noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Turkish

2 entries
  • benimseme noun (choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so)
  • evlat edinme noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • адопта́ція noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • удочері́ння noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)
  • усино́влення noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַדאָפּטירונג noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìsọdọmọ noun (act of adopting, or state of being adopted)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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Adoption for gay and lesbian parents remains a hotly contested issue in the United States.

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The puppy's single good eye begs me for adoption.

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Same-sex adoption rights are an important issue for the LGBT* community.

Source: tatoeba (946979)

The reduction of subsidies to the Cultural Heritage sector requires the adoption of a new paradigm.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.