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foster mother

foster mother noun: a female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.

Noun

foster mother (plural foster mothers)

  1. A female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.

foster mother meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Odia

foster mother in Hindi

foster mother
धाय dhāy

foster mother in Tamil

செவிலித்தாய்

foster mother in Kannada

ಸಾಕುತಾಯಿ

foster mother in Odia

foster mother
ଧାଈ dhāi
More languagesFewer languages
foster mother in Tagalog
ina-inahan

Forms of foster mother

pluralfoster mothers
alternative formfostermother

Questions about foster mother

What does foster mother mean?
Foster mother means a female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
What is foster mother in Hindi?
Foster mother in Hindi is धाय (dhāy). See Foster mother meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is foster mother?
Foster mother is a noun.
What is the plural of foster mother?
The plural of foster mother is foster mothers.

Words near foster mother in the dictionary

  1. foster father
  2. foster fathers
  3. foster home
  4. foster homes
  5. Foster Kennedy syndrome
  6. foster mother
  7. foster mothers
  8. Foster North
  9. foster parent
  10. foster parents
  11. foster sibling

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: foster mother (page history and authors); धाय (Hindi) (page history and authors); foster mother (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); foster mother (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଧାଈ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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