infante

English

Etymology

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

• 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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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 (masculine and feminine 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

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Latin

Noun

īnfante

1. ablative singular of īnfāns

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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, attributed to 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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): / ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.tɨ /
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): / ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi /
• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

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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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

Related terms

• infanta