infant

English

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Alternative forms

• infaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Latin infantem, a noun use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from in- (“not”) + fans, present participle of fari (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈɪn.fənt

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Noun

infant (plural infants)

1. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
2. (law) A minor.

Related terms

• infanticide
• infantile

Translations

very young human being

Armenian: երեխա (hy) (erexa), մանուկ (hy) (manuk) Chinese: 婴儿 (yīngér) Czech: kojenec (cs) m. Danish: spædbarn (da) Dutch: zuigeling (nl) m. and f. Esperanto: infano (eo), (used attributively) infana (eo) Finnish: pikkulapsi (fi), imeväinen (fi) French: nourrisson (fr) m. German: Säugling (de) m., Baby (de) n. Greek: βρέφος [ˈvre̞fo̞s] n., νήπιο [ˈnipiˌo̞] n. Hungarian: csecsemő (hu), kisbaba (hu) Interlingua: infante (ia)

Italian: bambino (it) m., bambina (it) f. Latin: infans (la) m. and f. Lojban: cifnu (jbo) Nahuatl: cozcapantica Romanian: bebeluș (ro) m. Scottish Gaelic: maothran (gd) m. Spanish: nene (es) m., infante (es) m. Swahili: watoto wachanga (sw) Swedish: spädbarn (sv) Telugu: శిశువు (SiSuvu), పసిపాప (pasipaapa) Turkish: bebek (tr)

legal minor

Armenian: անչափահաս (hy) (ančapahas) Danish: mindreårig (da)

Hungarian: kiskorú (hu) Italian: minorenne (it) m. and f., minore (it) m. and f.

See also

• sudden infant death syndrome
• newborn
• neonate