orphan

• Nom désignant un enfant qui a perdu ses deux parents, ou plus largement une personne ou une chose privée de soutien, de soin ou de surveillance ; utilisé également en typographie pour une ligne de texte séparée de son paragraphe, et pour un petit animal sans sa mère.

A noun referring to a child who has lost both parents, or more broadly, someone or something that lacks support, care, or supervision; also used in typography for a line of text separated from its paragraph, and for a young animal without a mother.

1. Child without parentsA2formal

   A child whose both parents have died.

   orphelin

   • The orphan was taken in by a kind family.
   • Many orphans live in children's homes.
   • She grew up as an orphan after the accident.

2. Unsupported person or thingB2informal

   Someone or something that lacks care, support, or supervision.

   Personne ou chose sans soutien

   • The abandoned building became an orphan of the city's development.
   • He felt like an orphan in the corporate world after his mentor left.
   • The project was an orphan, with no one to champion it.

   Synonymescastawayderelictfoundlingoutcastpariahstraywaif

   Antonymescaregiverguardianprotectorward

3. Typographic orphanC1formaltechnical

   The first line of a paragraph that appears alone at the bottom of a page or column.

   Orphelin typographique

   • The designer adjusted the layout to avoid an orphan.
   • Orphans are considered poor typographic practice.
   • She fixed the orphan by adding a line break.

4. Motherless young animalB1formal

   A young animal that has lost its mother.

   Jeune animal orphelin de mère

   • The orphaned calf was fed by the zookeepers.
   • They rescued an orphan kitten from the street.
   • The orphan lamb was raised by a farmer.

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de rendre un enfant orphelin, c'est-à-dire de lui faire perdre un ou les deux parents, ou, en informatique, d'isoler une ressource ou un processus de son élément parent.

A verb used to indicate the act of causing a child to lose one or both parents, or, in computing, to isolate a resource or process from its parent.

1. Deprive of parentsB2formal

   To cause a child to lose one or both parents, typically through death.

   rendre orphelin

   • The war orphaned thousands of children.
   • She was orphaned at a young age after a car accident.
   • The disease orphaned many kids in the region.

   Synonymesbereave