órfã — meaning in English

English meaning

• orphan noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).

Senses

órfã is used for these senses in English:

• orphan A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
• orphan (typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

orphan — full definition

1. noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
2. verb To leave a child without parents, usually through death.
3. noun Something left without the support, source, or connection it depended on.

Related Portuguese words