foster

favoriser, encourager

Aider un sentiment, une capacité ou une relation à se développer et à se renforcer.

En anglais simple : To help a feeling, ability, or relationship grow and become stronger.

• These games foster creativity.
• The project fostered trust between neighbors.
• How can teachers foster confidence in shy children?

Comment l'utiliser : foster something (Group projects can foster cooperation.)

Synonymes : encourage, promote, nurture

Contraires : discourage, hinder

Expressions courantes : foster trust, foster creativity, foster cooperation

accueillir, élever

Prendre en charge et élever un enfant, notamment quand ses propres parents ne peuvent pas s’en occuper.

En anglais simple : To bring up a child, especially one whose own parents cannot care for them.

• They foster two children.
• We fostered a baby for several months.
• Have you ever thought about fostering?

Comment l'utiliser : foster someone (They decided to foster a young boy.)

Synonymes : bring up, raise

Expressions courantes : foster a child, foster children

nourrir, entretenir

Garder un sentiment ou une idée à cœur et le maintenir vivant dans son esprit.

En anglais simple : To hold a feeling or idea close and keep it alive in your mind.

• She fostered a secret hope.
• For years, he fostered resentment toward his brother.
• They still foster the dream of a peaceful future.

Comment l'utiliser : foster something (He continued to foster a hope of returning home.)

Synonymes : cherish, harbor, nurse

Expressions courantes : foster a hope, foster a dream, foster resentment

d’accueil

Qui prend soin d’un enfant parce que ses propres parents ne peuvent pas le faire.

En anglais simple : Caring for a child whose own parents cannot look after them.

• Her foster parents are very kind.
• He stayed with a foster family for six months.
• Would you like to become a foster carer?

Expressions courantes : foster parents, foster mother, foster family

placé en famille d’accueil

Qui vit chez des adultes prenant soin de lui parce que ses propres parents ne peuvent pas le faire.

En anglais simple : Living with adults who care for you because your own parents cannot.

• Their foster daughter loves drawing.
• Two foster children joined the family last year.
• His foster son still visits every weekend.

Expressions courantes : foster child, foster daughter, foster son

parent d’accueil

Adulte qui prend soin d’un enfant dont les propres parents ne peuvent pas s’occuper.

En anglais simple : An adult who cares for a child whose own parents cannot look after them.

• The agency thanked every foster.
• Some fosters later adopt the children in their care.
• New fosters receive support from experienced carers.

Synonymes : foster parent, foster carer

Expressions courantes : experienced foster, a new foster