Child

Child  (chld), Julia Born 1912.

American cookery expert known for her books and her instructional television and video series.

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child  (chld)

n. pl. chil·dren (chldrn)

1. A person between birth and puberty.

2.

a. An unborn infant; a fetus.

b. An infant; a baby.

3. One who is childish or immature.

4. A son or daughter; an offspring.

5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.

6.

a. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.

b. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" Richard F. Shepard.

Idiom:

with child

Pregnant.

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[Middle English, from Old English cild.]

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childless adj.

childless·ness n.

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child

Noun

pl children

1. a young human being; boy or girl

2. a son or daughter Related adjective filial

3. a childish or immature person

4. the product of an influence or environment: a child of the Army

5. with child Old-fashioned pregnant [Old English cild]

childless adj
childlessness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	child - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, tyke, fry child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
	2.	child - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" kid family unit, family - primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" army brat - the child of a career officer of the United States Army babe, baby, 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" female offspring - a child who is female male offspring, man-child - a child who is male offspring, progeny, issue - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" stepchild - a child of your spouse by a former marriage parent - a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
	3.	child - an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!" baby individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	4.	child - a member of a clan or tribe; "the children of Israel" descendant, descendent - a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

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child

noun 1. youngster, baby, kid (informal) minor, infant, babe, juvenile, toddler, tot, wean Scot. little one, brat, bairn Scot. suckling, nipper (informal) chit, babe in arms, sprog (slang) munchkin (informal), chiefly U.S. rug rat (slang) nursling, littlie Austral. (informal) ankle-biter Austral. (slang) tacker Austral. (slang)

2. offspring, issue, descendant, progeny >> adjective filial >> prefix paedo-

Translations

child [pl children] [tʃaɪld, ˈtʃɪldrən] n → niño/a (= offspring); hijo/a

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child [children , pl ] [tʃaɪld, ˈtʃɪldrən] n → enfant m/f

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child [tʃaɪld] [children , pl ] n → Kind nt;

do you have any children? → haben Sie Kinder?

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child [pl children] [tʃaɪld, ˈtʃɪldrən] n → bambino/a