orphan

orphelin

Enfant dont le père et la mère sont morts.

En anglais simple : A child whose parents have both died.

• The orphan lived with her aunt.
• They adopted two orphans after the war.
• He became an orphan at the age of six.

Expressions courantes : young orphan, war orphan, become an orphan

orphelin

Qui a perdu son père et sa mère à la suite de leur décès.

En anglais simple : Having lost both parents through death.

• The orphan child needed a home.
• They raised three orphan boys together.
• An orphan girl came to live with her grandmother.

Synonymes : orphaned, parentless

Expressions courantes : orphan child, orphan boy, orphan girl

abandonné, sans soutien

Privé du soutien, du propriétaire ou de l’organisation qui s’en occupait auparavant.

En anglais simple : Left without the support, owner, or organization that previously looked after it.

• The orphan project had no funding.
• Nobody wanted responsibility for the orphan program.
• Several orphan assets remained after the company closed.

Synonymes : unsupported, abandoned

Expressions courantes : orphan project, orphan program, orphan asset

rendre orphelin

Faire perdre à quelqu’un ses parents en causant leur mort.

En anglais simple : To cause someone to lose their parents through death.

• He was orphaned at six.
• The disease orphaned hundreds of children.
• The orphaned cubs were taken to a rescue center.

Comment l'utiliser : be orphaned by something (Many children were orphaned by the war.); be orphaned at an age (She was orphaned at ten.)

Expressions courantes : orphan a child, be orphaned young

rendre orphelin

Laisser des données sans lien ni référence utilisable, ce qui rend leur accès difficile ou impossible.

En anglais simple : To leave computer data without a working link or reference, making it difficult or impossible to access.

• Deleting the link will orphan the file.
• The update orphaned several database records.
• Check that your changes do not orphan any images.

Expressions courantes : orphan a file, orphan a record