infante

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

  1. (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, sometimes except the eldest or heir apparent.

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French

Noun

infante f (plural infantes)

  1. infante

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Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”). Cognate with Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.

Pronunciation

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)
  4. (botany) deadnettle

Noun

infante f (plural infantes)

  1. (archaic) princess (the daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal)

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References

  • “infante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “infante” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “infante” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “infante” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “infante” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

  1. child, infant

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfantem, īnfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: in‧fàn‧te
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Adjective

infante (plural infanti)

  1. (dated, rare, relational) infant

Noun

infante m or f by sense (plural infanti)

  1. (dated, rare) baby, infant
    Synonyms: bambino, bimbo, neonato

Noun

infante f (plural infanti)

  1. infanta (in Spain & Portugal)

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

īnfante

  1. ablative singular of īnfāns

Middle English

Noun

infante

  1. Alternative form of infaunt

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

infante

  1. (rare) child
  2. prince, infante

Descendants

  • Galician: infante
  • Portuguese: infante

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”).

Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.

Pronunciation

 

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)

  1. infant

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infante.

Noun

infante m (plural infanți)

  1. infante

Declension

Declension of infante
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) infante infanteul (niște) infanți infanții
genitive/dative (unui) infante infanteului (unor) infanți infanților
vocative infanteule infanților

Spanish

Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfante/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: in‧fan‧te

Noun

infante m (plural infantes)

  1. infant
  2. prince, infante (son of a king)
    Synonym: príncipe
  3. foot soldier, infantryman
    Synonym: peón

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