Word.ws English Dictionary

foundlings

foundlings is the plural of foundling.

Meaning of foundling

Noun

foundling (plural foundlings)

  1. An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.
    • foundling hospital

Questions about foundlings

What is foundlings the plural of?
Foundlings is the plural of foundling.

Words near foundlings in the dictionary

  1. foundings
  2. foundling
  3. foundling wheel
  4. foundling wheels
  5. foundlinghood
  6. foundlings
  7. foundouk
  8. foundouks
  9. foundress
  10. foundresses
  11. foundries

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: foundlings (page history and authors); foundling (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “foundlings.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/foundlings. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.