only child (plural only children )
A person who has no siblings ; a person raised as the sole child in a household.
Synonym: single child
An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled.
2008 , BioWare , Mass Effect (Science Fiction ), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN , →OCLC , PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:Tali: It's my father. He's the senior member of the Admiralty Board. He's one of only five people who can overrule the decisions of the Conclave for the good of the Migrant Fleet. Tali: My father is responsible for the lives of seventeen million people -- our entire race is in his hands. And I'm his only child .
person who has no siblings
Armenian: մինուճար (hy) ( minučar ) ( dialectal )
Catalan: fill únic m , filla única f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 獨仔 / 独仔 ( duk6 zai2 ) , 獨生仔 / 独生仔 ( duk6 saang1 zai2 ) , 單傳 / 单传 ( daan1 cyun4 )
Mandarin: 獨生子女 / 独生子女 (zh) ( dúshēng zǐnǚ )
Czech: jedináček (cs) m , jedináčka f
Danish: enebarn (da) n
Dutch: enig kind n
Esperanto: solenaskito , solenaskita infano , solinfano , solfilo , solfilino
Faroese: einabarn n
Finnish: ainokainen (fi) , ainoa lapsi
French: enfant unique (fr) m , fils unique (fr) m , fille unique (fr) f
Galician: fillo único m , filla única f
Georgian: მხოლოდშობილი ( mxolodšobili ) , დედისერთა ( dediserta )
German: Einzelkind (de) n
Greek: μοναχοπαίδι (el) n ( monachopaídi )
Hebrew: בן יחיד m
Hindi: इकलौता (hi) m ( iklautā )
Hungarian: egyke (hu)
Icelandic: einbirni (is) n , einkabarn n
Indonesian: anak tunggal (id)
Ingrian: ainava laps
Interlingua: infante unic
Irish: aonghin f
Italian: figlio unico m , figlia unica f
Japanese: 一人っ子 (ja) ( ひとりっこ, hitorikko ) , 一粒種 ( ひとつぶだね, hitotsubudane )
Korean: 외동 ( oedong )
Lingala: likinda
Malay: anak tunggal
Maori: huatahi , tautahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: enebarn (no) n
Nynorsk: einebarn n
Persian: تکفرزند ( tak-farzand )
Polish: jedynak (pl) m , jedynaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: filho único m , filha única f
Romansch: uffant sulet m , affon persul m , unfànt sulet m , unfant sulet m , iffaunt sulet m , iffaunt unic m , affon persul m , unfànt sulet m , unfant sulet m , iffaunt sulet m , iffaunt unic m
Russian: еди́нственный ребёнок m ( jedínstvennyj rebjónok )
Serbo-Croatian: jedinče, jedinac, jedinica
Slovak: jedináčik m , jedináčička f
Spanish: hijo único m , hija única f
Swedish: ensambarn (sv) n
Tagalog: bugtong na anak
Turkish: tek çocuk
Vietnamese: con một (vi)
Welsh: unig blentyn