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in·fant
(ĭn′fənt)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.
3. A very young nonhuman mammal, especially a primate.
adj.
1. Of or being in infancy.
2. Intended for infants or young children.
3. Newly begun or formed: an infant enterprise.
[Middle English, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāns, īnfant-, from īnfāns, not able to speak, young : in-, not; see in-1 + fāns, present participle of fārī, to speak; see bhā- 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 minor10
3. (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
6. in an early stage of development; nascent: an infant science or industry.
7. (Law) law of or relating to the legal status of infancy
[C14: from Latin infāns, literally: speechless, from in-1 + fārī to speak]
ˈinfantˌhood n
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in•fant
(ˈɪn fənt)n.
1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before it can walk; baby.
2. Law. a person below the age of majority; minor.
3. a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice.
4. anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
adj. 5. of or pertaining to infants or infancy.
6. being in infancy.
7. being in the earliest stage.
[1350–1400; Middle English enfaunt < Anglo-French < Latin infantem, acc. infāns small child, literally, one unable to speak =in- in-3 + fāns, present participle of fārī to speak]
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| 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"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 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
adjective
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infant
nounadjective
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Translations
طِفْل، قاصِر
kojenecdětskýdítě
spædbarnbabygrundskole
infano
imeväinenpikkulapsi
csecsemõcsecsemőkisbabakiskorú
smábarn
infans
kūdikystė
bērna-bērnudārzsmazbērnszīdaiņa-zīdainis
bebeluş
dete
spädbarn
bebekçok küçük çocuk
infant
[ˈɪnfənt]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)
infant mortality N → mortandad f or mortalidad f infantil
infant school N (Brit) centro de educación primaria (primer ciclo)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
infant
[ˈɪnfənt] n (= baby) → nourrisson m
(= young child) → petit(e) enfant m/f infant carrier, infant soninfant carrier n → porte-bébé m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
infant
(ˈinfənt) noun a baby or very young child. the baptism of infants; (also adjective) an infant school.
ˈinfancy noun the state or time of being a baby. They had two children who died in infancy.
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in·fant
n. infante, lactante.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
infant
n bebé mf, recién nacido -da mf, nene -na mf (fam)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.