adoptive
Meaning of adoptive
- (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:
Translation of adoptive
Words that rhyme with adoptive
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