fosterage
noun
fosterage is a noun meaning “The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-S-T-E-R-A-G-E, and it appears about once in every 68 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fosterage is fosterages.
What does fosterage mean?
noun
- 1
The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
- 2
The act of caring for another human being or animal.
- 3
The condition of being the foster child.
- 4
The act of promoting or encouraging something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fosterage
- fosterages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fosterage?
Fosterage appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fosterage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense being a foster child:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fosterage |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fosterage come from?
From foster + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).