orphanage
/ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/
orphanage noun: a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
Noun
orphanage (countable and uncountable, plural orphanages)
- A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
- Near-synonym: children's home (not always different)
- Synonyms:
- orphanarium, children's home
- Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.
orphanage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
orphanage in Hindi
- a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
- अनाथाश्रम anāthāśram, अनाथालय anāthālay, यतीमख़ाना yatīmxānā
orphanage in Tamil
- இல்லம், அனாதை இல்லம், ஏதிலிகாப்பகம், புகலகம்
orphanage in Marathi
- a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
- अनाथाश्रम anāthāśram, अनाथालय anāthālay
orphanage in Urdu
- a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
- یَتِیم خانَہ yatīm xāna, اَناتھ آشْرَم anāth āśram
More languagesFewer languages
- orphanage in Bengali
- এতিমখানা etimkhana
- orphanage in Telugu
- అనాధశరణాలయం anādhaśaraṇālayaṁ
- orphanage in Malayalam
- യത്തീംഖാന yattīṅkhāna
- orphanage in Kannada
- ಅನಾಥಾಶ್ರಮ anāthāśrama, ಅನಾಥಾಲಯ anāthālaya
- orphanage in Punjabi
- ਅਨਾਥ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ
- orphanage in Gujarati
- અનાથાશ્રમ anāthāśram
- orphanage in Odia
- ଅନାଥାଶ୍ରମ, ଅନାଥ ଆଶ୍ରମ
- orphanage in Nepali
- अनाथालय, अनाथाश्रम
- orphanage in Pashto
- يتيمخانه yatimxāna
- orphanage in Tagalog
- bahay-ampunan
- orphanage in Arabic
- دَار الْأَيْتَام dār al-ʔaytām, مَيْتَم maytam
- orphanage in Indonesian
- panti asuhan
- orphanage in Persian
- یَتیمخانِه yatim-xâne, پَرْوَرِشْگاه parvarešgâh
- orphanage in Thai
- บ้านเด็กกำพร้า bâan-dèk-gam-práa, สถานเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า, สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า
- orphanage in Vietnamese
- trại trẻ mồ côi, cô nhi viện
- orphanage in Myanmar
- မိဘမဲ့ဂေဟာ mi.bha.mai.geha
Examples of orphanage in a sentence
- We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.
- The orphanage was supported by a generous benefactor.
- Thank you for donating all of these blankets to the orphanage. ― There's more where that came from!
Synonyms of orphanage
Forms of orphanage
| plural | orphanages |
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Origin of orphanage
Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.
Questions about orphanage
- What does orphanage mean?
- Orphanage means a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
- What is orphanage in Hindi?
- Orphanage in Hindi is अनाथाश्रम (anāthāśram), अनाथालय (anāthālay), यतीमख़ाना (yatīmxānā). See Orphanage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is orphanage?
- Orphanage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce orphanage?
- Orphanage is pronounced /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of orphanage?
- The plural of orphanage is orphanages.
Words near orphanage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: orphanage (page history and authors); orphanage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); യത്തീംഖാന (Malayalam) (page history and authors); orphanage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); અનાથાશ્રમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); orphanage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); orphanage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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