child

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English ċild.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: chīld, IPA: /ʧaɪld/, SAMPA: /tSaIld/
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• Rhymes: -aɪld

[edit] Noun

child (plural children or (dialectal) childer or (non-standard) childs or (humorous or non-standard) childrens)

1. A son or daughter.

   Her child is in 1st grade.

2. An unborn or young person, a minor, especially one who has not yet entered into puberty.

   That child is up to no good.

   • 1989, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child:

     The child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth.

3. (computing) Some object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object.

   The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.

[edit] Synonyms

• (son or daughter): kid, boy, fruit of one's loins, girl, offspring
• (young person): kid, boy, girl, brat, lad, lass
• See also Wikisaurus:child

[edit] Antonyms

• adult

[edit] References

• Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (accessed November 2007).
• American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company (2003).

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• childe
• Childermas

[edit] See also

• orling

[edit] Translations