adoptive

adoptive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adopt

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English adoptive

From adopt + -ive.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈdɒptɪv/
Audio (US): (file)

Adjective

adoptive (not comparable)

Related through adoption.
My adoptive parents recently got to know my biological parents.
Pertaining to adoption.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “relation”): biological, blood

Derived terms

Translations

related through adoption — see also adopted

Catalan: adoptiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 養 / 养 (zh) (yǎng) (of parents)
Esperanto: adopta
Finnish: adoptio-, otto- (of parents)
French: adoptif (fr)
Galician: adoptivo (gl)
German: adoptiv (de)
Italian: adottivo (it)
Japanese: 養 (ja) (よう, yō) (of parents)
Malay: angkat (ms)
Old English: ġewȳsċendlīċ
Polish: adopcyjny (pl)
Portuguese: adotivo (pt)
Romanian: adoptiv (ro)
Russian: приёмный (ru) (prijómnyj) (of parents)
Spanish: adoptivo (es)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.dɔp.tiv/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Adjective

adoptive

feminine singular of adoptif

Latin

Adjective

adoptīve

vocative masculine singular of adoptīvus

Swedish

Adjective

adoptive

definite natural masculine singular of adoptiv