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Czech
Etymology
From pěstovat (“to grow”) + -oun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: pě‧s‧toun
Noun
pěstoun m anim (female equivalent pěstounka, related adjective pěstounský)
- foster parent, foster father
Declension
Declension of pěstoun (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pěstoun”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pěstoun”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pěstoun”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)