They named the foundling Tom.
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Foundling
Synonyms for "foundling" (34 found)
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Related words (17)
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5 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- لقيط noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- لَقِيط noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- مَلْقُوط noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Armenian
1 entries- ընկեցիկ noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tapdıq noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- подхвърлено дете noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Czech
1 entries- nalezenec noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Danish
1 entries- hittebarn noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Dutch
1 entries- vondeling noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Finnish
1 entries- löytölapsi noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
French
1 entries- enfant trouvé noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Galician
2 entries- achadizo noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- expósito noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
German
1 entries- Findelkind noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Greek
1 entries- έκθετο noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Hungarian
2 entries- lelenc noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- talált gyermek noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Italian
1 entries- trovatello noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Macedonian
1 entries- најденче noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- finning noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- funnebarn noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- بولنمش چوجق noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- لقیطه noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- متروك چوجق noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Polish
1 entries- znajda noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Portuguese
3 entries- abandonado noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- enjeitado noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- exposto noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Russian
2 entries- найдёныш noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- подки́дыш noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nahodnik noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- nahotkinja noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- nàhod noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
- nàhoče noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Slovak
1 entries- nájdenec noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Spanish
1 entries- expósito noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Swedish
1 entries- hittebarn noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Ukrainian
1 entries- знaйдa noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trẻ em bị bỏ rơi noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Welsh
1 entries- plentyn cael noun (abandoned child, left by its parent)
Sample sentences
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foundling hospital
Source: wiktionary
In foundling hospitals, and among the children brought up by parish charities, the mortality is still greater than among those of the common people.
Source: wiktionary
Moses was a foundling; Jesus Christ was born in a stable; and Mahomet was a mule driver.
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