English-Thai Dictionary

adoptive

ADJ ที่ เกี่ยวกับ การ รับ เลี้ยง บุตรบุญธรรม  ti-kiao-kab-kan-rab-liang-bud-bun-tham

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADOPTIVE

a.[L. adoptivus.] That adopts, as an adoptive father; or that is adopted, as an adoptive son.

 

ADOPTIVE

n.A person or thing adopted.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADOPTIVE

A *dopt "ive, a. Etym: [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif. ]

 

Defn: Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. -- A *dopt "ive *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adoptive

a dop tive |əˈdäptiv əˈdɑptɪv | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] as a result of the adoption of another's child: adoptive parents. • denoting a country or city to which a person has moved and in which they have chosen to make their permanent place of residence. DERIVATIVES a dop tive ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin adoptivus, from adoptare ‘select for oneself ’ (see adopt ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

adoptive

adop |tive |əˈdɒptɪv | ▶adjective (of a child or parent ) in that relationship by adoption: adoptive parents. • denoting a country or city which a person has chosen as their permanent place of residence. DERIVATIVES adoptively adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin adoptivus, from adoptare ‘select for oneself ’ (see adopt ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Adoptiveltern

Ad op tiv el tern , Adop tiv el tern Pluralwort , die |Adopt i veltern |Pluraletantum Eltern eines Adoptivkindes

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adoptive

a dop tive /ədɑ́ptɪv |ədɔ́p -/形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 養子関係の ▸ adoptive parents 養父母 ▸ an adoptive father [child ]養父 [養子 ].2 帰化した 〈国 土地 〉.