Usage Note
Adopté is the past participle of adopter used as an adjective. Un enfant adopté is an adopted child; une fille adoptée is an adopted daughter. The noun adopté(e) can also mean 'adoptee'. The process is l'adoption and the parents are les parents adoptifs (not adoptés).
Examples
"Leur fils adopté est arrivé du Brésil."
Natural Translation
Their adopted son arrived from Brazil.
Literal Translation
Their son adopted arrived from Brazil.
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