English

Etymology
From OE. cild|�ild.

Pronunciation
enPR|chīld, IPA|/ʧaɪld/, SAMPA|/tSaIld/
audio|en-us-child.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|aɪld

Noun
en-noun|pl=children

1. A son or daughter.

#: Her child is in 1st grade.

1. An unborn or young person, a minor, especially one who has not yet entered into puberty.

#: That child is up to no good.

1. context|computing Some object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object.

#: The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.

Synonyms
italbrac|son or daughter kid, boy, girl
italbrac|young person kid, boy, girl, brat, adolescent

Quotations
An unborn or young person, a minor, especially one who has not yet entered into puberty
1989: "The child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth." — United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

References
Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (accessed November 2007).
American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company (2003).

Derived terms
childe

Related terms
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boomerang child
childermas
childhood
childish
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childless
childlike
love-child
lovechild
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only child
orling
perpetual child
war child
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:: Teochew: 孥� nou5gian2
Crimean Tatar: bala#Crimean Tatar|bala
Croatian: t-|hr|�edo|n, t-|hr|dijete|n
Chuvash: а�а
Czech: dít� n d�ti p
Danish: barn n børn p
Dutch: t+|nl|kind|n
Esperanto: t+|eo|infano|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|laps
Ewe: vi
Finnish: t+|fi|lapsi
French: t+|fr|enfant|m
Frisian: bern n
German: t+|de|Kind|n
Greek: t+|el|�έκνο|n|scGrek, t+|el|�αιδί|n|scGrek
Hebrew: �� (ben) m son, �ת (bat) f daughter
Hindi: ब��ा m, ब��� f
Hungarian: t+|hu|gyerek, t+|hu|gyermek
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Icelandic: t+|is|barn|n
Ilocano: tø|ilo|anak|xs=Ilocano
Indonesian: t+|id|anak|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: filia f
Italian: t+|it|figlio|m, t+|it|figlia|f
Japanese: �� (���, kodomo), � (�, ko)
Jèrriais: êfant m/f, avé m, mousse m/f
Latin: t+|la|filius|m, t+|la|filia|f
Livonian: läpš
Luxembourgish: Kand n
Malay: t-|ms|anak|xs=Malay
Maltese: t-|mt|ibna|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: t+|no|barn|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|filho|m, t+|pt|filha|f
Romanian: t-|ro|fiu|m, t-|ro|fiic�|f
Russian: t+|ru|�еб�нок|m|trreb'ónok|scCyrl, t+|ru|ди��|n|trdit'á|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: pàiste m (either sex), balach m, caileag f
Slovene: t+|sl|otrok|m
Spanish: t+|es|hijo|m, t+|es|hija|f
Swahili: t-|sw|mtoto|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|barn
Tagalog: t-|tl|anak|xs=Tagalog
Turkish: t+|tr|çocuk
Ukrainian: ди�ина (dytyna) f, ди�� (dyt'a) n
Yiddish: t-|yi|kind|xs=Yiddish
Welsh: t-|cy|plentyn|m|xs=Welsh
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:: Teochew: 孥� nou5gian2
Crimean Tatar: bala#Crimean Tatar|bala
Czech: dít� n d�ti p, nezletilý m, nezletilá f
Danish: barn n børn p
Dutch: t+|nl|kind|n
Estonian: t-|et|laps
Ewe: �evi
Fijian: t+|fj|gone|xs=Fijian
Finnish: t+|fi|lapsi
French: t+|fr|enfant|m
Frisian: bern n
German: t+|de|Kind|n
Greek: t+|el|�αιδί|n|sc=Grek (paidí)
Gujarati: t|gu|બાળ�|xs=Gujarati
Hebrew: ���|�ֶ�ֶ� (yeled) m, ����|�ַ�ְ�ָּ� (yalda) f
Hindi: ब���ा m, ब���� f :hi: ब����<!--ref Oxford Hindi-Eng Dict.-->
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Hungarian: t+|hu|gyerek, t+|hu|gyermek
Icelandic: t+|is|barn
Interlingua: infante
Italian: t+|it|bambino|m, t+|it|bambina|f
Japanese: �� (���, kodomo), � (�, ko), ��年 (mi-s�nen)
Jèrriais: êfant m/f, avé m, mousse m/f
Kurdish: biçûk, KUchar|��اڵ, KUchar|��داڵ
Latin: t+|la|puer|m, t-|la|infans
Livonian: läpš
Maltese: t-|mt|tifla|xs=Maltese
Norwegian: barnn mindreårig m
Portuguese: t+|pt|criança|f, t+|pt|menino|m, t+|pt|menina|f
Romanian: copil m, copil� f
Russian: t+|ru|�еб�нок|m|trreb'ónok|scCyrl, t+|ru|ди��|n|trdit'á|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|otrok|m
Spanish: t+|es|niño|m, t-|es|niña|f, t+|es|infante|m
Swahili: t-|sw|mtoto|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|barn
Turkish: t+|tr|çocuk
Ukrainian: ди�ина (dytyna) f, ди�� (dyt'a) n
Yiddish: t-|yi|kind|xs=Yiddish
Welsh: t-|cy|plentyn dan oed|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|some object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object
Dutch: t+|nl|kind|n
Finnish: lapsiobjekti
Icelandic: t+|is|barn
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Japanese: � (�, ko)
Norwegian: t+|no|barn|n
Russian: t|ru|до�е�ний|sc=Cyrl adj
Swedish: t+|sv|barn
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ttbc|Breton: krouadur m -ien (young child)
ttbc|Esperanto: infano
ttbc|Guaraní: mitã'i
ttbc|Indonesian: anak, bocah
ttbc|Interlingua: filio m
ttbc|Irish: páiste m
ttbc|Korean: �린� (eorini)
ttbc|Kurdish: zarrok
ttbc|Maltese: iben, tifel
ttbc|Novial: puere
ttbc|Old English: bearn, cild|�ild
ttbc|Persian: ب����� (bæ��e)
ttbc|Polish: dziecko n
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: pàisde
ttbc|Tupinambá: pitanga
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Category:Age
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:Family
Category:Human

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