infant

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fənt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnfənt

Noun

infant (plural infants)

  1. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
    Synonym: baby
  2. (law) A minor.
    • 1793, William Peere Williams, Samuel Compton Cox, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench : De Term. S. Trin. 1731, page 602:
      Thomas Humphrey Doleman died the 30th of August 1712, an infant, intestate and without issue; Lewis the next nephew died the 17th of April 1716, an infant about sixteen years old, having left his mother Mary Webb, ...
  3. (obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.

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Verb

infant (third-person singular simple present infants, present participle infanting, simple past and past participle infanted)

  1. (obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfantem.

Pronunciation

Noun

infant m (plural infants)

  1. infant, child
  2. infante
  3. footsoldier

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infante, from Latin īnfāns.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: in‧fant

Noun

infant m anim (feminine infantka)

  1. (historical) infante (son of the king of Spain or Portugal)

Declension

Declension of infant (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative infant infanti
genitive infanta infantů
dative infantovi, infantu infantům
accusative infanta infanty
vocative infante infanti
locative infantovi, infantu infantech
instrumental infantem infanty

Further reading

  • infant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • infant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • infant in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Noun

infant m (plural infants, feminine infante)

  1. infant (title)

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Middle English

Noun

infant

  1. Alternative form of infaunt

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, from Latin īnfāns.

Pronunciation

Noun

infant m pers (female equivalent infantka)

  1. infante

Declension

Declension of infant
singular plural
nominative infant infanci/infanty (deprecative)
genitive infanta infantów
dative infantowi infantom
accusative infanta infantów
instrumental infantem infantami
locative infancie infantach
vocative infancie infanci

Further reading

  • infant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • infant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Spanish infante and Portuguese infante.

Pronunciation

Noun

infant m anim (genitive singular infanta, nominative plural infanti, genitive plural infantov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. prince, infante (son of a king in Spain and historically Portugal)

Declension

Declension of infant
singular plural
nominative infant infanti
genitive infanta infantov
dative infantovi infantom
accusative infanta infantov
locative infantovi infantoch
instrumental infantom infantmi

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References

  • “infant”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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