enfant
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfantem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
enfant m or f by sense (plural enfants)
- child (someone who is not yet an adult)
- child (offspring of any age)
- son, native (of a place)
- enfant de Paris ― Paris native
- enfant des États-Unis ― native of the United States
- enfant du pays ― native of the country
Usage notes[edit]
Rarely used as a feminine noun.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Saint Dominican Creole French: z'enfant
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “enfant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French enfant.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
enfant m (plural enfanz)
Descendants[edit]
- French: enfant
Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.
Noun[edit]
enfant m (plural enfants)
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāntem, accusative singular of īnfāns. The nominative form enfes derives from the Latin nominative form īnfāns.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
enfant oblique singular, m (oblique plural enfanz, nominative singular enfes, nominative plural enfant)
- child
- 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 8, column 1, line 28:
- totes les puceles & trestuit li enfant
- All the young women and all the children
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Descendants[edit]
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