adoptive

Meaning of adoptive

adjective
  1. (of a child or parent) in that relationship by adoption.
    he is the adoptive father of his wife's three children

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin adoptivus, from adoptare ‘select for oneself’ (see adopt).

Information about adoptive

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of adoptive

adop-tive

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • adoptive is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

adoptive synonyms

Meaning adopted:

adopted

Translation of adoptive

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