transcription, транскрипция: [ ɔ:(r)fən ]
( orphans, orphaned)
1.
An orphan is a child whose parents are dead.
...a young orphan girl brought up by peasants...
N-COUNT
2.
If a child is orphaned , their parents die, or their remaining parent dies.
...a fifteen-year-old boy left orphaned by the recent disaster.
V-PASSIVE : no cont , V-ed