infante

English

Etymology

From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāns (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

1. (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

Related terms

• infanta

Translations

son of the king of Spain or Portugal

• French: infant (fr) m
• Galician: infante m
• German: Infant (de) m
• Italian: infante (it) m

• Khmer: អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់ (km) (nĕək ʼɑng mcah)
• Old Portuguese: infante m
• Portuguese: infante (pt) m
• Spanish: infante (es) m

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• fainten

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French

Noun

infante f (plural infantes)

1. infante

Further reading

• “infante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

1. child, infant

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfans, īnfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

infante (plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare) infant (attr.)

Noun

infante m or f (plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare) baby, infant

   Synonyms: bambino, bimbo, neonato

Noun

infante f (plural infanti)

1. infanta (in Spain & Portugal)

Derived terms

• infanticida
• infanticidio
• infantile
• infanzia

Anagrams

• fantine, nafteni

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Latin

Noun

īnfante

1. ablative singular of īnfāns

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Middle English

Noun

infante

1. Alternative form of infaunt

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfan.te/

Noun

infante

1. (rare) child
2. 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.

Descendants

• Galician: infante
• Portuguese: infante

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ifante (obsolete), iffante (obsolete), yfante (obsolete), yffante (obsolete)
• inffante (obsolete), ynfante (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese infante, from Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

Cognate with Galician infante, Spanish infante, French enfant and Italian infante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ĩˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, [ĩˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ĩˈfɐ̃.tɨ/, [ĩˈfɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi

Noun

infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)

1. infant (very young human being)
2. (military) a soldier of the infantry
3. prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)

Adjective

infante m or f (plural infantes, comparable)

1. infant

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Romanian

Etymology

From Spanish infante.

Noun

infante m (plural infanți)

1. infante

Declension

Declension of infante

	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

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Spanish

Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.

Noun

infante m (plural infantes)

1. infant
2. infante
3. foot soldier, infantryman

Derived terms

• infante de marina

Related terms

• infanta

Further reading

• “infante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014