orphanage
pronunciation
How to pronounce orphanage in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:fənɪdʒ]
How to pronounce orphanage in American English:
US [ˈɔrfənɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the condition of being a child without living parents
- a public institution for the care of orphans
Word Origin
- orphanage (n.)
- 1570s, "condition of being an orphan," from orphan (n.) + -age. Meaning "home for orphans" is from 1865 (earlier was orphan house, 1711).
Example
- 1. He volunteered as an english teacher at a catholic orphanage .
- 2. Karen trendler works at south africa 's only rhino orphanage .
- 3. These include police , hospital and orphanage logs , as well as logbooks from camps for the displaced .
- 4. We visited south hwaghae province and briefly crossed the provincial border to visit an orphanage in north hwanghae .
- 5. A young libyan orphan sits on the floor at a makeshift orphanage in an unused school in misrata on april 19 .