Definitions of CHILD [ʃaɪld]

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Definition of 'CHILD'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) child
a person between birth and full growth; a young boy or girl.

2.  child
a son or daughter.

3.  child
a baby or infant.

4.  child
a human fetus.

5.  child
a person who behaves in a childish manner.

6.  child
a descendant.

7.  child
any person or thing regarded as the product of particular circumstances or influences:
children of poverty.

8.  child
Archaic.

Definition of 'CHILD'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
a young person of either sex
"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

2. (noun) child, kid
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
"they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college"

3. (noun) child, baby
an immature childish person
"he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"

4. (noun) child
a member of a clan or tribe
"the children of Israel"

Definition of 'CHILD'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) child
≠ adult
26 children in each class; a child-friendly environment

2. child
a daughter or son; = offspring
I have three grown-up children.

3. child
only child
a child with no brothers or sisters

Definition of 'CHILD'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) CHILD
a son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants

2. (noun) CHILD
a descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom

3. (noun) CHILD
one who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people

4. (noun) CHILD
a noble youth. See Childe

5. (noun) CHILD
a young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc

6. (noun) CHILD
a female infant

7. (verb) CHILD
to give birth; to produce young

Definition of 'CHILD'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. CHILD
A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.

Translation of 'CHILD'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a young human being of either sex.
Afrikaans: kind	Arabic: طِفلٌ (صَبي أو بِنْت)	Bulgarian: рожба
Brazilian: criança	Czech: dítě	German: das Kind
Danish: barn	Greek: παιδί	Estonian: laps
Farsi: بچه	Finnish: lapsi	French: enfant
Hebrew: יֶלֶד	Hindi: बच्चा	Croatian: dijete
Hungarian: gyer(m)ek	Indonesian: anak kecil	Icelandic: barn
Italian: bambino	Japanese: 子供	Korean: 아이
Lithuanian: vaikas	Latvian: bērns	Malay: kanak-kanak
Dutch: kind	Norwegian: barn	Polish: dziecko
Persian: بچه	Pashto: كوچنى، وړو كى، ما شوم (نج	Portuguese: criança
Romanian: copil	Russian: ребёнок	Slovak: dieťa
Slovenian: otrok	Serbian: dete	Swedish: barn
Thai: เด็ก	Turkish: çocuk	Taiwanese: 小孩
Ukrainian: дитина; дитя	Urdu: انسانی بچہ	Vietnamese: đứa bé
Chinese: 小孩
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