infantil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfantilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɱ.fənˈtil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [iɱ.fanˈtil]
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

infantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural infantils)

1. (relational) child
2. immature; infantile

Derived terms

• infantilisme
• infantilitzar

Further reading

• “infantil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “infantil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “infantil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “infantil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnfantilis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtil/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtil/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈti.li/

• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧til

Adjective

infantil m or f (plural infantis)

1. (relational) child (relating to a child, suitable for a child)
2. immature, childish (behaving immaturely)

   Synonym: imaturo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:infantil.

Derived terms

• infantilismo
• infantilizar
• parque infantil

Further reading

• “infantil” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French infantile, from Latin infantilis.

Adjective

infantil m or n (feminine singular infantilă, masculine plural infantili, feminine and neuter plural infantile)

1. infantile; immature; childish

   Synonyms: copilăros, imatur, pueril

Declension

Declension of infantil

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	infantil		infantilă	infantili	infantile
	definite	infantilul		infantila	infantilii	infantilele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	infantil		infantile	infantili	infantile
	definite	infantilului		infantilei	infantililor	infantilelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnfantilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /infanˈtil/ [ĩɱ.fãn̪ˈt̪il]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: in‧fan‧til

Adjective

infantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural infantiles)

1. childish
2. immature

   Synonym: inmaduro

Derived terms

• infantilidad
• infantilismo
• infantilizar
• infantilmente
• jardín infantil
• parque infantil

 

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

infantil

1. infantile (childish, immature)
2. (medicine) infantile (pertaining to infants)

Declension

Inflection of infantil
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	infantil	infantilare	infantilast
Neuter singular	infantilt	infantilare	infantilast
Plural	infantila	infantilare	infantilast
Masculine plural3	infantile	infantilare	infantilast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	infantile	infantilare	infantilaste
All	infantila	infantilare	infantilaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

• infantil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• infantil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• infantil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)