Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to orphan
Participle: orphaned
Gerund: orphaning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | orphan |
| you | orphan |
| he;she;it | orphans |
| we | orphan |
| you | orphan |
| they | orphan |
Perfect
| I | have orphaned |
| you | have orphaned |
| he;she;it | has orphaned |
| we | have orphaned |
| you | have orphaned |
| they | have orphaned |
Past
| I | orphaned |
| you | orphaned |
| he;she;it | orphaned |
| we | orphaned |
| you | orphaned |
| they | orphaned |
Pluperfect
| I | had orphaned |
| you | had orphaned |
| he;she;it | had orphaned |
| we | had orphaned |
| you | had orphaned |
| they | had orphaned |
Future
| I | will orphan |
| you | will orphan |
| he;she;it | will orphan |
| we | will orphan |
| you | will orphan |
| they | will orphan |
Future Perfect
| I | will have orphaned |
| you | will have orphaned |
| he;she;it | will have orphaned |
| we | will have orphaned |
| you | will have orphaned |
| they | will have orphaned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | orphan |
| you | orphan |
| he;she;it | orphan |
| we | orphan |
| you | orphan |
| they | orphan |
Perfect
| I | have orphaned |
| you | have orphaned |
| he;she;it | have orphaned |
| we | have orphaned |
| you | have orphaned |
| they | have orphaned |
Imperfect
| I | orphaned |
| you | orphaned |
| he;she;it | orphaned |
| we | orphaned |
| you | orphaned |
| they | orphaned |
Pluperfect
| I | had orphaned |
| you | had orphaned |
| he;she;it | had orphaned |
| we | had orphaned |
| you | had orphaned |
| they | had orphaned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would orphan |
| you | would orphan |
| he;she;it | would orphan |
| we | would orphan |
| you | would orphan |
| they | would orphan |
Perfect
| I | would have orphaned |
| you | would have orphaned |
| he;she;it | would have orphaned |
| we | would have orphaned |
| you | would have orphaned |
| they | would have orphaned |
Imperative
| you | orphan |
| we | Let's orphan |
| you | orphan |
Verbs conjugated like 'orphan'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'orphan'
organ,
brian,
cophin,
forban,
forehand,
foreplan,
forhang,
forspan,
forwean,
groan,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from L.L. orphanus "parentless child" (cf. O.Fr. orfeno, It. orfano), from Gk. orphanos "orphaned," lit. "deprived," from orphos "bereft," from PIE *orbho- "bereft of father," also "deprived of free status," from base *orbh- "to change allegiance, to pass from one status to another" (cf. Hittite harb- "change allegiance," L. orbus "bereft," Skt. arbhah "weak, child," Arm. orb "orphan," O.Ir. orbe "heir," O.C.S. rabu "slave," rabota "servitude" (cf. robot), Goth. arbja, Ger. erbe, O.E. ierfa "heir," O.H.G. arabeit, Ger. Arbeit "work," O.Fris. arbed, O.E. earfoð "hardship, suffering, trouble"). The verb is attested from 1814. Orphanage "institute or home for orphans" is first attested 1865.
2. Late Middle English, from Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos.
3. PIE word
4. *h₃órbʰos
5. Cognate with Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha), Latin orbus (“orphaned”), Old Armenian որբ (orb, “orphan”), Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe (“heir”)), Old English ierfa (“heir”). More at erf.
Sample Sentences
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What do you do when you come across two orphaned polar bear cubs?
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When you removed that image tag, you orphaned the resized icon.
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Removing categories orphans pages from the main category tree.