children's home

English

Noun

children's home (plural children's homes)

1. A public institution for the care and protection of children whose parents have died or can no longer care for them.

Translations

public institution for care of children — see also orphanage

• Armenian: մանկատուն (hy) (mankatun)
• Belarusian: дзіця́чы дом m (dzicjáčy dom)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孤兒院 / 孤儿院 (zh) (gū'éryuàn), 保育院 (zh) (bǎoyùyuàn), 育幼院 (zh) (yùyòuyuàn)

• Czech: dětský domov m
• Danish: børnehjem n
• Estonian: lastekodu
• Finnish: lastenkoti (fi)
• French: maison d’enfants f
• German: Kinderheim (de) n
• Hungarian: gyermekotthon (hu)
• Latvian: bērnu nams m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barnehjem n

• Polish: dom dziecka (pl) m
• Portuguese: orfanato (pt) m
• Russian: де́тский дом (ru) m (détskij dom), детдо́м (ru) m (detdóm)
• Slovak: detský domov m
• Swedish: barnhem (sv) n
• Ukrainian: дитя́чий буди́нок (uk) m (dytjáčyj budýnok)