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Translation Orfo De Accusative Plural La Original Kaj

The word "orfo" means a child without parents. It originates from the English word "orphan" and the Greek "orphanós".

La vorto "orfo" signifas infanon sen gepatroj. Ĝi devenas de la angla vorto "orphan" kaj la latina "orphanós".

Frequency Rank of Word 4428
Word orfo
Meanings
    orphan
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orphan
Pinyin null
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Wiktionary Entry
orphan
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orphan#English
,
Italian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language
orfano
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfano#Italian
, etc., ultimately from
Ancient Greek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek
ὀρφανός
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BD%80%CF%81%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek
(orphanós).

Pronunciation

  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:LL-Q143_(epo)-Robin_van_der_Vliet-orfo.wav
    )
  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈorfo/
  • Hyphenation: or‧fo
  • Rhymes:
    -orfo

Noun

orfo (accusative singular

orfon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfon#Esperanto
, plural
orfoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
orfojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfojn#Esperanto
)

  1. orphan
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orphan
    • 1907, Kazimierz Bein (tr.), La Faraono, volume 1, translation of original by Bolesław Prus,
      page 124
      http://books.google.com/books?id=YpshAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA124&dq=orfoj
      :
      Invalidoj
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/invalido#Esperanto
      ,
      vidvinoj
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vidvino#Esperanto
      kaj orfoj de l’
      oficiroj
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oficiro#Esperanto
      postulis
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/postuli#Esperanto
      pension
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pensio#Esperanto
      ;
      nobelaj
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nobela#Esperanto
      sinjoroj
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sinjoro#Esperanto
      kortegajn
      oficojn
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ofico#Esperanto
      por la filoj.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 1910,
      L. L. Zamenhof (tr.)
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof
      , Marta, Paris: Librairie Hachette, translation of original by Eliza Orzeszkowa,
      page 17
      http://books.google.com/books?id=CapVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA17&dq=orfoj
      :
      Kiu povas prikalkuli, kiom da fojoj en sia vivo li rigardis funebran veston de vidvino, palajn vizaĝojn kaj larmelacigitajn okulojn de orfoj?
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Hyponyms

  • (neologism, nonstandard)
    orfiĉo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfi%C4%89o#Esperanto
    (male orphan)
  • orfino
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfino#Esperanto
    (female orphan)

Derived terms

  • orfejo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfejo#Esperanto
    (orphanage)
  • orfejestro
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orfejestro#Esperanto
    (owner of an orphanage)

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