He delivered the package to the orphanage.
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Orphanage
//ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "orphanage" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
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2 entriesderived from
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14 entriesTranslations
129 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- jetimore noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βρεφοτροφεῖον noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ὀρφανοτροφεῖον noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Arabic
2 entries- دَار الْأَيْتَام noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- مَيْتَم noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Armenian
2 entries- մանկատուն noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- որբանոց noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܒܹܝܬ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ܕܹܝܪ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- uşaq evi noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- yetimxana noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- yettim evi noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Basque
1 entries- umezurztegi noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Belarusian
3 entries- дзіця́чы дом noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- прыту́лак дзіця́чы noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- сіро́цкі дом noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Bengali
1 entries- এতিমখানা noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сиропита́лище noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Burmese
1 entries- မိဘမဲ့ဂေဟာ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Catalan
1 entries- orfenat noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 孤兒院 /孤儿院 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 保育院 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- 兒童福利院 /儿童福利院 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- 孤兒院 /孤儿院 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- 育幼院 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Chukchi
1 entries- яйваԓран noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- icnōpilcalli noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Czech
2 entries- dětský dům noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- sirotčinec noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Danish
1 entries- børnehjem noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Dutch
2 entries- kindertehuis noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- weeshuis noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Esperanto
1 entries- orfejo noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Estonian
1 entries- lastekodu noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Finnish
2 entries- lastenkoti noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- orpokoti noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
French
2 entries- maison d'enfants noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- orphelinat noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Galician
1 entries- orfanato noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Georgian
3 entries- ობლების თავშესაფარი noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ობლობა noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ობოლთა თავშესაფარი noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
German
2 entries- Kinderheim noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- Waisenhaus noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Greek
1 entries- ορφανοτροφείο noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Greenlandic
3 entries- børnehjemmi noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- meeqqat angerlarsimaffiat noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- perorsaavik noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Hebrew
1 entries- בֵּית יְתוֹמִים noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Hindi
3 entries- अनाथ आश्रम noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- अनाथालय noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- यतीमख़ाना noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Hungarian
1 entries- árvaház noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Icelandic
1 entries- munaðarleysingjahæli noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Ido
1 entries- orfanerio noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Indonesian
1 entries- panti asuhan noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Irish
1 entries- dílleachtlann noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Italian
1 entries- orfanotrofio noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Japanese
1 entries- 孤児院 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Kannada
2 entries- ಅನಾಥಾಲಯ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ಅನಾಥಾಶ್ರಮ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Kazakh
1 entries- жетімхана noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Khmer
2 entries- និយុវដ្ឋាន noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- មន្ទីរកុមារកំព្រា noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Korean
2 entries- 고아원 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- 보육원 noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- балдар үйү noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- жетимкана noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Lao
2 entries- ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພອຽ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພ້າ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Latin
1 entries- orphanotrophium noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Latvian
1 entries- bērnu nams noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Lithuanian
1 entries- našlaičių prieglauda noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Macedonian
1 entries- сиропита́лиште noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Marathi
2 entries- अनाथालय noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- अनाथाश्रम noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Māori
1 entries- wharepani noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sêwîxane noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- barnehjem noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یتیمخانه noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Pashto
1 entries- يتيمخانه noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Persian
2 entries- پَرْوَرِشْگاه noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- یَتیمخانِه noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Weisenheim noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Polish
3 entries- bidul noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- dom dziecka noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- sierociniec noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Portuguese
1 entries- orfanato noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Romanian
1 entries- orfelinat noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Russian
4 entries- де́тский дом noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- детдо́м noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- прию́т noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- прию́т для сиро́т noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sìrotīšte noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- сѝротӣште noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Slovak
2 entries- detský domov noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- sirotinec noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Slovene
1 entries- sirotišnica noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Spanish
4 entries- casa cuna noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- casa de expósitos noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- hospicio noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- inclusa noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Swedish
1 entries- barnhem noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Tagalog
1 entries- bahay-ampunan noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Tajik
3 entries- парваришгоҳ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- сағирхона noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ятимхона noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Tatar
2 entries- балалар йорты noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ятимнәр йорты noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Telugu
1 entries- అనాధశరణాలయం noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Thai
3 entries- บ้านเด็กกำพร้า noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- สถานเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Turkish
1 entries- yetimhane noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Turkmen
2 entries- ýetimhana noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- ýetimler öýi noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дитя́чий буди́нок noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- сироти́нець noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Urdu
2 entries- اَناتھ آشْرَم noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- یَتِیم خانَہ noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Uyghur
1 entries- يېتىمخانا noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Uzbek
2 entries- bolalar uyi noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- yetimxona noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cô nhi viện noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
- trại trẻ mồ côi noun (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I was raised in an orphanage in Boston.
Source: tatoeba (953711)
Tom volunteered to help raise money for a new orphanage.
Source: tatoeba (1092586)
Tom had a hard time raising enough money build the orphanage he'd promised to build.
Source: tatoeba (1093883)
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