orphanage

English

Etymology

Attested since the 1570s; orphan +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

orphanage (countable and uncountable, plural orphanages)

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
(obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

Synonyms

Translations

a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans

Albanian: jetimore (sq) f
Arabic: دَار الْأَيْتَام f (dār al-ʔaytām), مَيْتَم m (maytam)
Armenian: մանկատուն (hy) (mankatun), որբանոց (hy) (orbanocʿ)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ m (bēt yatūmē), ܕܹܝܪ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ m (dēr yatūmē)
Azerbaijani: yetimxana, uşaq evi, yettim evi
Basque: umezurztegi
Belarusian: дзіця́чы дом m (dzicjáčy dom), прыту́лак дзіця́чы m (prytúlak dzicjáčy), сіро́цкі дом m (sirócki dom)
Bengali: এতিমখানা (bn) (etimkhana)
Bulgarian: сиропита́лище (bg) n (siropitálište)
Burmese: မိဘမဲ့ဂေဟာ (mi.bha.mai.geha)
Catalan: orfenat (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 孤兒院／孤儿院 (gu¹ ji⁴ jyun^6-2)

Mandarin: 孤兒院／孤儿院 (zh) (gū'éryuàn), 保育院 (zh) (bǎoyùyuàn), 兒童福利院／儿童福利院 (értóng fúlìyuàn)
Chukchi: яйваԓран (jajvaḷran)
Classical Nahuatl: icnōpilcalli
Czech: sirotčinec (cs) m, dětský dům m
Danish: børnehjem n
Dutch: weeshuis (nl) n, kindertehuis (nl) n
Esperanto: orfejo
Estonian: lastekodu
Finnish: orpokoti (fi); lastenkoti (fi)
French: orphelinat (fr) m, maison d’enfants f
Galician: orfanato (gl) m
Georgian: ობლების თავშესაფარი (oblebis tavšesapari), ობლობა (obloba), ობოლთა თავშესაფარი (obolta tavšesapari)
German: Waisenhaus (de) n, Kinderheim (de) n
Greek: ορφανοτροφείο (el) n (orfanotrofeío)
Ancient: βρεφοτροφεῖον f (brephotropheîon), ὀρφανοτροφεῖον f (orphanotropheîon)
Greenlandic: børnehjemmi, meeqqat angerlarsimaffiat, perorsaavik
Hebrew: בֵּית יְתוֹמִים (he) m (béit yetomím)
Hindi: अनाथ आश्रम m (anāth āśram), यतीमख़ाना m (yatīmxānā), अनाथालय m (anāthālay)
Hungarian: árvaház (hu)
Icelandic: munaðarleysingjahæli (is) n
Ido: orfanerio (io)
Indonesian: panti asuhan (id)
Irish: dílleachtlann f
Italian: orfanotrofio (it) m
Japanese: 孤児院 (ja) (こじいん, kojiin)
Kazakh: жетімхана (jetımxana)
Khmer: មន្ទីរកុមារកំព្រា (mŭəntii komaa kɑmpriə), និយុវដ្ឋាន (niyuvĕəʼthaan)
Korean: 고아원(孤兒院) (ko) (goawon), 보육원(保育院) (ko) (boyugwon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sêwîxane (ku)
Kyrgyz: балдар үйү (baldar üyü), жетимкана (jetimkana)
Lao: ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພອຽ (hōng līang dek kamp ʼīa), ໂຮງລ້ຽງເດັກກຳພ້າ (hōng līang dek kam phā)
Latin: orphanotrophium n
Latvian: bērnu nams m
Lithuanian: našlaičių prieglauda f
Macedonian: сиропита́лиште n (siropitálište)
Maori: wharepani
Norwegian:
Bokmål: barnehjem n
Ottoman Turkish: یتیمخانه (yetimhane)
Pashto: يتيمخانه f (yatimxāna)
Persian: یَتیم‌خانِه (yatim-xâne), پَرْوَرِشْگاه (fa) (parvarešgâh)
Plautdietsch: Weisenheim n
Polish: sierociniec (pl) m, dom dziecka (pl) m, bidul (pl) m
Portuguese: orfanato (pt) m
Romanian: orfelinat (ro) n
Russian: де́тский дом (ru) m (détskij dom), детдо́м (ru) m (detdóm), прию́т для сиро́т m (prijút dlja sirót), прию́т (ru) m (prijút), сиро́тский прию́т m (sirótskij prijút)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѝротӣште n

Roman: sìrotīšte (sh) n
Slovak: detský domov m, sirotinec m
Slovene: sirotišnica f
Spanish: orfanato (es) m, casa cuna f
Swedish: barnhem (sv) n
Tagalog: bahay-ampunan
Tajik: сағирхона (saġirxona), ятимхона (yatimxona), парваришгоҳ (parvarišgoh)
Tatar: балалар йорты (balalar yortı), ятимнәр йорты (yatimnär yortı)
Telugu: అనాధశరణాలయం (anādhaśaraṇālayaṁ)
Thai: บ้านเด็กกำพร้า (bâan-dèk-gam-práa), สถานเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า, สถานรับเลี้ยงเด็กกำพร้า
Turkish: yetimhane (tr)
Turkmen: ýetimler öýi, ýetimhana
Ukrainian: дитя́чий буди́нок (uk) m (dytjáčyj budýnok), сироти́нець (uk) m (syrotýnecʹ)
Urdu: یَتِیم خانَہ m (yatīm xāna), اَناتھ آشْرَم m (anāth āśram),
Uyghur: يېتىمخانا (yëtimxana)
Uzbek: yetimxona (uz), bolalar uyi
Vietnamese: trại trẻ mồ côi, cô nhi viện (vi)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “orphanage”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

harpagone

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