American English pronunciation
How to pronounce orphaned
IPA transcription: ['ɔɹfənd]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɔɹfənd]['ɚfənd]
Hear “orphaned” pronounced
['ɔɹfənd]
Quality: 0.85
['ɚfənd]
Quality: 0.87
['ɚfənd]
Quality: 0.87
Verb
-
deprive of parents
Adjective
-
deprived of parents by death or desertion
Usage examples
- Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by an aunt in Switzerland.
- Bruce invites the orphaned Dick to stay at Wayne Manor.
- It is the story of orphaned Christie and his friend, the aged organ-grinder Treffy.
- He was orphaned as a teenager.
- The show's main plot is about a bachelor taking in two orphaned children.
- Acquired, orphaned, failed or rebranded.
- Boylesve was orphaned early and went to school in Poitiers and Tours.