# adoptee

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #79,231

## Definitions
1. An adopted son or daughter.
2. A person who was adopted as a child.
3. Synonym of adopter.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from French adoptée, feminine past participle of adopter meaning "to adopt", equivalent to adopt + -ee.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adoptee