Adopter
Example: Ils ont décidé d'adopter un chien du refuge local.
Definition
"Adopter" means to accept or take something as one's own, especially to legally take another's child or pet into one's family. For example, in the phrase 'Ils ont décidé d'adopter un chien du refuge local,' it means they decided to take a dog from the local shelter as their own.
Etymology
The French word "adopter" comes from the Latin 'adoptare,' which means to choose or take as one's own. The prefix 'ad-' means 'to' or 'towards,' and 'optare' means 'to choose.' Did you know that "adopter" originally had a very formal legal sense before becoming common in everyday speech?
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"Adopter" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (B1) - set 1", containing 119 commonly used words.
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