infante
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāns (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.
Noun[edit]
infante (plural infantes)
- (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.
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Translations[edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “infante”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
infante f (plural infantes)
Further reading[edit]
- “infante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
infante (plural infantes)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin īnfantem, īnfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
infante (plural infanti)
- (dated, rare, relational) infant
Noun[edit]
infante m or f by sense (plural infanti)
Noun[edit]
infante f (plural infanti)
- infanta (in Spain & Portugal)
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Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfan.te/, [ĩːˈfän̪t̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfan.te/, [iɱˈfän̪t̪e]
Noun[edit]
īnfante
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
infante
- Alternative form of infaunt
Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
infante
- (rare) child
- prince, infante
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 122 (facsimile):
- Como ſanta maria reſucitou hũa infante filla dun Rei
- How Holy Mary resurrected the daughter of a King.
- Como ſanta maria reſucitou hũa infante filla dun Rei
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ifante (obsolete)
- iffante (obsolete)
- yfante (obsolete)
- yffante (obsolete)
- inffante (obsolete)
- ynfante (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)
- infant (very young human being)
- (military) a soldier of the infantry
- prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)
Adjective[edit]
infante m or f (plural infantes)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish infante.
Noun[edit]
infante m (plural infanți)
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) infante | infanteul | (niște) infanți | infanții |
| genitive/dative | (unui) infante | infanteului | (unor) infanți | infanților |
| vocative | infanteule | infanților | ||
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
infante m (plural infantes)
- infant
- prince, infante (son of a king)
- Synonym: príncipe
- foot soldier, infantryman
- Synonym: peón
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “infante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ante
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- es:Age