infant

in·fant  (nfnt)

n.

1. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.

2. Law A person under the legal age of majority; a minor.

adj.

1. Of or being in infancy.

2. Intended for infants or young children.

3. Newly begun or formed: an infant enterprise.

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[Middle English, from Old French enfant, from Latin nfns, nfant-, from nfns, not able to speak, young : in-, not; see in-¹ + fns, present participle of fr, to speak; see bh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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infant [ˈɪnfənt]

n

1. a child at the earliest stage of its life; baby

2. (Law) Law another word for minor [10]

3. (Social Science / Education) Brit a young schoolchild, usually under the age of seven

4. a person who is beginning or inexperienced in an activity

5. (modifier)

a.  of or relating to young children or infancy

b.  designed or intended for young children

adj

1. in an early stage of development; nascent an infant science or industry

2. (Law) Law of or relating to the legal status of infancy

[from Latin infāns, literally: speechless, from in-¹ + fārī to speak]

infanthood  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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" babe, baby blue baby - an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart cherub - a sweet innocent baby child, kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" abandoned infant, foundling - a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown godchild - an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism neonate, newborn, newborn baby, newborn infant - a baby from birth to four weeks nurseling, nursling, suckling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse papoose, pappoose - an American Indian infant test-tube baby - a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus war baby - conceived or born during war

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infant

noun

baby, child, babe, toddler, tot, wean (Scot.), little one, bairn (Scot.), suckling, newborn child, babe in arms, sprog (slang), munchkin (informal, chiefly U.S.), neonate, rug rat (slang), littlie (Austral. informal), ankle-biter (Austral. slang) young mums with infants in prams

adjective

early, new, developing, young, growing, initial, dawning, fledgling, newborn, immature, embryonic, emergent, nascent, unfledged The infant company was based in Germany.

Quotations
"At first the infant,"
"Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms" [William Shakespeare As You Like It]

Translations

infant [ˈɪnfənt]

A. N → niño/a m/f (Jur) → menor mf de edad
the infant Jesus → el niño Jesús

B. CPD infant class N → clase f de párvulos
infant mortality N → mortandad f or mortalidad f infantil
infant school N (Brit) centro de educación primaria (primer ciclo)

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infant [ˈɪnfənt] n

(= baby) → nourrisson m

(= young child) → petit(e) enfant m/f infant carrier, infant son
infant carrier n → porte-bébé m

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infant

n (= baby) → Säugling m; (= young child) → Kleinkind nt; (Jur) → Minderjährige(r) mf; she teaches infants → sie unterrichtet Grundschulkinder; infant care → Säuglingspflege f; infant class (Brit) erste und zweite Grundschulklasse; infant death → Säuglingstod m, → Tod m → im ersten Lebensjahr; infant formula → Säuglingsnahrung f; infant seat → Kindersitz m

adj (= new) democracy, industry etc → jung

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infant [ˈɪnfənt] n → bambino/a (Law) → minorenne m/f, minore m/f

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infant

n infant [ˈinfənt]

a baby or very young child the baptism of infants; (also adjective ) an infant school. kind طِفْل، قاصِر бебе dítě, kojenec; dětský spædbarn; baby; grundskole der Säugling βρέφος, νήπιο bebé, párvulo väikelaps نوزاد vauva nourrisson; de maternelle תִינוֹק बच्चा malo dijete, dojenče csecsemő bayi smábarn bambino; infantile 幼児 유아, 소아 kūdikis, vaikas bērnudārzs bayi zuigeling, kleuter spedbarn, baby niemowlę, dziecko infante prunc; (de) grădiniţă младенец; ребёнок dieťa, dojča; detský dete beba spädbarn, småbarn ทารก bebek, çok küçük çocuk 嬰兒，幼兒 дитина, немовля طفل شیر خوار trẻ thơ 婴儿，幼儿

n infancy

the state or time of being a baby They had two children who died in infancy. kinderjare طفولَه ранно детство rané dětství spædbarnsalder das Säuglingsalter βρεφική, νηπιακή ηλικία infancia, niñez lapsepõlv طفولیت varhaislapsuus petite enfance יַנקוּת शैशव, प्रारंभिक अवस्था rano djetinjstvo csecsemőkor masa bayi (frum)bernska infanzia 幼児期 유아기 kūdikystė agra bērnība masih bayi kindsheid spedbarnsalderen niemowlęctwo infância (fragedă) copilărie младенчество (rané) detstvo detinstvo detinjstvo spädbarnsålder, tidiga barnaår วัยทารก bebeklik 嬰兒期, 幼年 раннє дитинство بچپن lúc còn nhỏ 婴儿期, 幼年