Adoptive
Definition
Based on adoption, originating from a legal adoption; creating a relationship of civil, rather than biological, kinship. Applied to parents who have adopted a child or to children who have been adopted. Figuratively or culturally, the term describes a country, city, or community that has welcomed and integrated a foreigner, becoming their chosen new home.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Adoptive
- Foster
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective adjusting systematically across standard gender and plural boundaries. |
| Formation | Neologistic borrowing from French 'adoptif' and Latin 'adoptivus'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.dop.ˈtiv] |
| Source | Encyclopedia of Kinship Systems and Comparative Family Law |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Legătura dintre copil și părinții săi adoptivi este protejată de lege în mod identic cu filiația firească.
EN: The bond between the child and his adoptive parents is protected by law identically to natural filiation.
RO: După mulți ani petrecuți în exil, scriitorul a început să considere Franța drept patria sa adoptivă.
EN: After many years spent in exile, the writer began to consider France as his adoptive homeland.
RO: Copilul adoptiv are aceleași drepturi succesorale depline ca și ceilalți descendenți biologici ai familiei.
EN: The adoptive child has the same full inheritance rights as the other biological descendants of the family.
Idioms & Phrases
Părinți adoptivi / Adoptive parents
RO: Persoane care au preluat legal statutul de mamă și tată pentru un copil născut de alți părinți biologici.
EN: Individuals who have legally assumed the status of mother and father for a child born to other biological parents.
Patrie adoptivă / Adoptive country / adoptive homeland
RO: Țară străină în care un imigrant se stabilește definitiv, se integrează cultural și pe care o adoptă afectiv ca fiind a sa.
EN: A foreign country where an immigrant settles permanently, integrates culturally, and emotionally embraces as their own.
Copil adoptiv / Adoptive child
RO: Minor integrat într-o familie pe cale juridică, având statutul social și legal egal cu cel al unui copil de sânge.
EN: A minor integrated into a family through a legal process, holding social and legal status equal to that of a biological child.
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