English Explanatory Dictionary

child

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
  2. A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
  3. One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
  4. The thirteenth Lenormand card.
  5. A figurative offspring
  6. A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
  7. Anything derived from or caused by something.
  8. A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.
  9. Alternative form of childe (“youth of noble birth”).
  10. A subordinate node of a tree.
  11. An adult or adolescent with childish or stupid behaviors.
  12. A female child, a girl.
verb
  1. To give birth; to beget or procreate.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of child often used when referring to God (Jesus) or another important child who is understood from context.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/tʃaɪld/ [tʃaɪ̯ɫd] [ˈtʃaɪ̯.ɫ̩d] [tʃəɪ̯(ə)ɫd] /tʃɑeld/ en-uk-child.ogg en-us-child.ogg

Word forms

child children childer childe chile childrens childs childing childed Chill

Etymology

From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (“womb”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Danish kuld (“brood, litter”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Icelandic kelta, kjalta (“lap”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (kilþei, “womb”), Sanskrit जर्त (jarta), जर्तु (jártu, “vulva”).

Synonyms

boy and Thesaurus:girl binary clone progeny hybrid bairn brat child chit crumb cruncher crumb crusher crumb grinder crumb snatcher fry juvenile kid kiddie little one minor mini-me moppet munchkin nipper slip small fry sprog sprout tart tot tyke youngling youngster young'un youth crib lizard crotch critter crotch dropping crotch fruit crotch goblin crotch monkey crotchling cum cheese cum pet cunt dropping fucklet fuck trophy hump dumpling pet sperm semen demon shitling sperm blossom sperm buttercup sperm bubbles bitchling terence offspring and Thesaurus:son and Thesaurus:daughter descendant product son daughter

Antonyms

father mother parent adult grownup

Related words

chield Child childe Childermas orling relative sweetheart :Category:Children

Derived words

abandoned child syndrome a burnt child dreads the fire adult child antichild barrel child battered child syndrome belchild biochild birthchild black child boomerang child boychild brainchild butterfly child call someone everything but a child of God Chester child abuse child abuser child actor childbearer child-bearing childbearing child-bed childbed child benefit child birth child-birth childbirth child bride child-bride child care childcare childcarer childcaring child carrier child car seat child category child-centered child-crowing child diddler child-directed speech child endangerment child-free child-fucker childfucker child-great child groom childhood childie childification child-in-law childish childism childkind child labor child labour child language childless child lifter child-like

Translations

Abkhaz: ахәыҷы Abkhaz: аҷааҷи Afrikaans: kind Albanian: fëmijë Ao: tanur (Chungli) Arabic: طِفْل Arabic: طِفْلَة Arabic: عيل Arabic: طفل Arabic: بزر Arabic: ياهل Arabic: درّي Arabic: وَلَد Arabic: صبي Iraqi Arabic: جاهل North Mesopotamian Arabic: عجي 'Are'are: wera Armenian: երեխա Armenian: մանուկ Asturian: neñu Asturian: ñeñu Azerbaijani: uşaq Azerbaijani: bala Baluchi: چک Bashkir: бала Breton: minor Breton: minored Breton: bugel Bulgarian: дете́ Burmese: ကလေး Catalan: nen Chinese Cantonese: 細路 /细路 Chinese Cantonese: 細蚊仔 /细蚊仔 Chinese Cantonese: 細路哥 /细路哥 Chinese: 囡仔 Chinese Mandarin: 小孩 Chinese Mandarin: 小孩子 Chinese Mandarin: 孩子 Chinese Mandarin: 小孩兒 /小孩儿 Teochew: 孥囝 Crimean Tatar: bala Czech: dítě Danish: barn Danish: børn Dongxiang: kewosi Dutch: kind South Efate: tesa Emilian: cínno Emilian: cínna Esperanto: infano Esperanto: virinfano Esperanto: infanino Estonian: laps Ewe: ɖevi Fijian: gone Finnish: lapsi Finnish: alaikäinen French: enfant Saterland Frisian: Bäiden West-Frisian: bern Georgian: ბავშვი German: Kind Greek: παιδί Greek: ανήλικος Gujarati: બાળક
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