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English
Etymology
Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Noun
orphanage (countable and uncountable , plural orphanages )
A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans .
( obsolete ) Orphanhood ; the state of being an orphan.
Synonyms
Translations
a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
Albanian: jetimore (sq) f
Arabic: دَار الْأَيْتَام f ( dār al-ʔaytām ) , مَيْتَم m ( maytam )
Armenian: մանկատուն (hy) ( mankatun ) , որբանոց (hy) ( orbanocʻ )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ m ( bēt yatūmē ) , ܕܹܝܪ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ m ( dēr yatūmē )
Azerbaijani: yetimxana , uşaq evi , yettim evi
Basque: umezurztegi
Belarusian: дзіця́чы дом m ( dzicjáčy dom ) , прыту́лак дзіця́чы m ( prytúlak dzicjáčy ) , сіро́цкі дом m ( sirócki dom )
Bengali: এতিমখানা (bn) ( etimkhana )
Bulgarian: сиропита́лище (bg) n ( siropitálište )
Burmese: မိဘမဲ့ဂေဟာ ( mi.bha.mai.geha )
Catalan: orfenat (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 孤兒院 / 孤儿院 ( gu1 ji4 jyun6-2 )
Mandarin: 孤兒院 / 孤儿院 (zh) ( gū'éryuàn ) , 保育院 (zh) ( bǎoyùyuàn ) , 兒童 福利院 / 儿童 福利院 ( értóng fúlìyuàn )
Chukchi: яйваԓран ( jajvaḷran )
Classical Nahuatl: icnōpilcalli
Czech: sirotčinec (cs) m , dětský dům m
Danish: børnehjem n
Dutch: weeshuis (nl) n , kindertehuis (nl) n
Esperanto: orfejo
Estonian: lastekodu
Finnish: orpokoti (fi) ; lastenkoti (fi)
French: orphelinat (fr) m , maison d’enfants f
Galician: orfanato (gl) m
Georgian: ობლების თავშესაფარი ( oblebis tavšesapari ) , ობლობა ( obloba ) , ობოლთა თავშესაფარი ( obolta tavšesapari )
German: Waisenhaus (de) n , Kinderheim (de) n
Greek: ορφανοτροφείο (el) n ( orfanotrofeío )
Ancient: βρεφοτροφεῖον f ( brephotropheîon ) , ὀρφανοτροφεῖον f ( orphanotropheîon )
Greenlandic: børnehjemmi , meeqqat angerlarsimaffiat , perorsaavik
Hebrew: בֵּית יְתוֹמִים (he) m ( béit yetomím )
Hindi: अनाथ आश्रम m ( anāth āśram ) , यतीमख़ाना m ( yatīmxānā ) , अनाथालय m ( anāthālay )
Hungarian: árvaház (hu)
Icelandic: munaðarleysingjahæli (is) n
Ido: orfanerio (io)
Indonesian: panti asuhan (id)
Irish: dílleachtlann f
Italian: orfanotrofio (it) m
Japanese: 孤児院 (ja) ( こじいん, kojiin )
Kazakh: жетімхана ( jetımxana )
Khmer: មន្ទីរកុមារកំព្រា ( mŭəntii komaa kɑmpriə ) , និយុវដ្ឋាន ( niyuvĕəʼthaan )
Korean: 고아원(孤兒院) (ko) ( goawon ) , 보육원(保育院) (ko) ( boyugwon )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sêwîxane (ku)
Kyrgyz: балдар үйү ( baldar üyü ) , жетимкана ( jetimkana )
Lao: ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພອຽ ( hōng līang dek kamp ʼīa ) , ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພ້າ ( hōng līang dek kam phā )
Latin: orphanotrophium n
Latvian: bērnu nams m
Lithuanian: našlaičių prieglauda f
Macedonian: сиропита́лиште n ( siropitálište )
Maori: wharepani
Norwegian:
Bokmål: barnehjem n
Ottoman Turkish: یتیمخانه ( yetimhane )
Pashto: يتيمخانه f ( yatimxāna )
Persian: یَتیمخانِه ( yatim-xâne ) , پَرْوَرِشْگاه (fa) ( parvarešgâh )
Plautdietsch: Weisenheim n
Polish: sierociniec (pl) m , dom dziecka (pl) m , bidul (pl) m
Portuguese: orfanato (pt) m
Romanian: orfelinat (ro) n
Russian: де́тский дом (ru) m ( détskij dom ) , детдо́м (ru) m ( detdóm ) , прию́т для сиро́т m ( prijút dlja sirót ) , прию́т (ru) m ( prijút ) , сиро́тский прию́т m ( sirótskij prijút )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѝротӣште n
Roman: sìrotīšte (sh) n
Slovak: detský domov m , sirotinec m
Slovene: sirotišnica f
Spanish: orfanato (es) m , casa cuna f
Swedish: barnhem (sv) n
Tagalog: bahay-ampunan
Tajik: сағирхона ( saġirxona ) , ятимхона ( yatimxona ) , парваришгоҳ ( parvarišgoh )
Tatar: балалар йорты ( balalar yortı ) , ятимнәр йорты ( yatimnär yortı )
Telugu: అనాధశరణాలయం ( anādhaśaraṇālayaṁ )
Thai: บ้านเด็กกำพร้า ( bâan-dèk-gam-práa ) , สถานเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า , สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า
Turkish: yetimhane (tr)
Turkmen: ýetimler öýi , ýetimhana
Ukrainian: дитя́чий буди́нок (uk) m ( dytjáčyj budýnok ) , сироти́нець (uk) m ( syrotýnecʹ )
Urdu: یَتِیم خانَہ m ( yatīm xāna ) , اَناتھ آشْرَم m ( anāth āśram ) ,
Uyghur: يېتىمخانا ( yëtimxana )
Uzbek: yetimxona (uz) , bolalar uyi
Vietnamese: trại trẻ mồ côi , cô nhi viện (vi)
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