Meanings
nounfoster family (plural foster families)
plural foster families
- A family having at least one foster child.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 寄養家庭 /寄养家庭
- 寄養家庭 /寄养家庭 (jìyǎng jiātíng)family having at least one foster child
Dutch pleeggezin
- pleeggezinfamily having at least one foster child
Finnish sijaisperhe
- sijaisperhefamily having at least one foster child
French famille d'accueil
- famille d'accueilfamily having at least one foster child
German Pflegefamilie
- Pflegefamiliefamily having at least one foster child
Hungarian nevelőcsalád, örökbe fogadó család
- nevelőcsaládfamily having at least one foster child
- örökbe fogadó családfamily having at least one foster child
Russian приёмная семья́
- приёмная семья́ (prijómnaja semʹjá)family having at least one foster child
Spanish familia de acogida, familia de acogimiento
- familia de acogidafamily having at least one foster child
- familia de acogimientofamily having at least one foster child
- familia de adopción temporáneafamily having at least one foster child
- familia adoptiva temporáneafamily having at least one foster child
Swedish fosterfamilj
- fosterfamiljfamily having at least one foster child
Turkish yetiştirici aile
- yetiştirici ailefamily having at least one foster child
Cite this entry
APA
foster family. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foster%20family
MLA
“foster family.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foster%20family. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foster family,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foster%20family.
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