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1. (n.) infant
a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before it can walk; baby.
2. infant
Law. a person below the age of majority; minor.
3. infant
a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice.
4. infant
anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
5. (adj.) infant
of or pertaining to infants or infancy.
6. infant
being in infancy.
7. infant
being in the earliest stage.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME enfaunt < AF < L infantem, acc. infāns small child, lit., one unable to speak =in-in -3+fāns, prp. of fārī to speak)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) baby, babe, infant
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
"the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
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1. (noun) infant
a baby, especially before it walks
infant mortality rates
2. infant
a very young child
infant school
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) infant
of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength
2. (adj) infant
intended for young children; as, an infant school
3. (noun) infant
a child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age
4. (noun) infant
a person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor
5. (noun) infant
same as Infante
6. (verb) infant
to bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. infant
A child between 1 and 23 months of age.
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Sense: a baby or very young child
the baptism of infants; (
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 Afrikaans: kind |
 Arabic: طِفْل، قاصِر |
 Bulgarian: бебе |
 Brazilian: criança/infantil |
 Czech: dítě, kojenec; dětský |
 German: der Säugling |
 Danish: spædbarn; baby; grundskol |
 Greek: βρέφος, νήπιο |
 Spanish: bebé, párvulo |
 Estonian: väikelaps |
 Farsi: نوزاد |
 Finnish: vauva |
 French: nourrisson; de maternelle |
 Hebrew: תִינוֹק |
 Hindi: बच्चा |
 Croatian: malo dijete, dojenče |
 Hungarian: csecsemő |
 Indonesian: bayi |
 Icelandic: smábarn |
 Italian: bambino; infantile |
 Japanese: 幼児 |
 Korean: 유아, 소아 |
 Lithuanian: kūdikis, vaikas |
 Latvian: bērnudārzs |
 Malay: bayi |
 Dutch: zuigeling, kleuter |
 Norwegian: spedbarn, baby |
 Polish: niemowlę, dziecko |
 Persian: نوزاد |
 Pashto: ماشوم |
 Portuguese: infante |
 Romanian: prunc; (de) grădiniţă |
 Russian: младенец; ребёнок |
 Slovak: dieťa, dojča; detský |
 Slovenian: dete |
 Serbian: beba |
 Swedish: spädbarn, småbarn |
 Thai: ทารก |
 Turkish: bebek,çok küçük çocuk |
 Taiwanese: 嬰兒，幼兒 |
 Ukrainian: дитина, немовля |
 Urdu: طفل شیر خوار |
 Vietnamese: trẻ thơ |
 Chinese: 婴儿，幼儿 |
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