childish

English

Etymology

child +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

childish (comparative more childish, superlative most childish)

1. Of or suitable for a child.
2. Behaving immaturely.

   Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.

Related terms

• childlike

Synonyms

• (behaving immaturely): infantile, immature, silly, unbecoming, juvenile

Translations

suitable for a child

• Bulgarian: детски (bg) (detski)
• Dutch: kinderachtig (nl), infantiel (nl)
• French: enfantin (fr), puéril (fr)
• German: kindgerecht (de)
• Greek: παιδικός (el) (paidikós)
• Hebrew: ילדותי (he) (yalduti)
• Hungarian: gyerekes (hu), gyerek- (hu)

• Lithuanian: vaikiškas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: kannereg (lb)
• Persian: بچه‌گانه (fa) (bečče-gâne)
• Polish: dziecięcy (pl) m
• Portuguese: infantil (pt) c
• Russian: детский (ru) (détskij)
• Spanish: para (es) niños (es)

behaving immaturely

• Bulgarian: детински (bg) (detinski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼稚 (cmn) (yòuzhì), 孩子氣 (cmn), 孩子气 (cmn) (háiziqì)

• Czech: dětinský (cs)
• Dutch: kinderachtig (nl), infantiel (nl)
• Finnish: lapsellinen (fi)
• French: enfantin (fr), puéril (fr)
• German: kindisch (de)
• Greek: παιδιάστικος (el) (paidiástikos)
• Hebrew: ילדותי (he) (yalduti) m
• Hungarian: gyerekes (hu)

• Italian: infantile (it)
• Lithuanian: vaikiškas (lt)
• Norwegian: barnslig (no)
• Persian: بچه‌گانه (fa) (bečče-gâne)
• Polish: dziecinny (pl), infantylny (pl)
• Portuguese: infantil (pt), imaturo (pt)
• Russian: ребяческий (ru) (rebjáčeskij), инфантильный (ru) (infantíl'nyj)
• Slovene: otróčji (sl)
• Spanish: infantil (es)
• Swedish: barnslig (sv)

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• Novial: pueral