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foster

/ˈfɒstə/FO-stur
/ˈfɑstɚ/FAH-stur

Meaningnourish or bring up

Common meaning: encourage growth or bring up a child

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishfostrian‘nourish or bring up’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishfostrensource
  3. Englishfoster‘encourage growth or bring up a child’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English fostrian ‘nourish or bring up’.

Roots

  • fostrian Old English “nourish or bring up”

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