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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chil•dren /ˈtʃɪldrən/USA pronunciation n. - pl. of child.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chil•dren (chil′drən),USA pronunciation n. - pl. of child.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: children /ˈtʃɪldrən/ n - the plural of child
child /tʃaɪld/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. chil•dren /ˈtʃɪldrən/.USA pronunciation - a young boy or girl:A young child doesn't usually want to share his or her toys.
- a son or daughter:He has two children, a boy and a girl.
- Developmental Biologya baby or infant:the rights of the unborn child are to be balanced by the right to privacy of the mother.
- a person who behaves in a childish manner.
- any person or thing regarded as the product of particular circumstances or influences: Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
Idioms- Idioms with child, (of a human female) pregnant.
child•less, adj. child•less•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024child (chīld),USA pronunciation n., pl. chil•dren. - a person between birth and full growth;
a boy or girl:books for children. - a son or daughter:All my children are married.
- Developmental Biologya baby or infant.
- Developmental Biologya human fetus.
- a childish person:He's such a child about money.
- a descendant:a child of an ancient breed.
- any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.:Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
- a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.:a child of poverty; a child of famine.
- British Termsa female infant.
- [Archaic.]childe.
- Idioms with child, pregnant:She's with child.
- bef. 950; Middle English; Old English cild; akin to Gothic kilthai womb
- Biographical Lydia Maria (Francis), 1802–80, U.S. author, abolitionist, and social reformer.
child, + n. - Developmental Biologya human fetus.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: child /tʃaɪld/ n ( pl children)- a boy or girl between birth and puberty
- (as modifier): child labour
- a baby or infant
- an unborn baby
- with child ⇒
another term for pregnant - a human offspring; a son or daughter
Related adjective(s): filial - a childish or immature person
- a member of a family or tribe; descendant: a child of Israel
- a person or thing regarded as the product of an influence or environment: a child of nature
Etymology: Old English cild; related to Gothic kilthei womb, Sanskrit jathara belly, jartu wombˈchildless adj ˈchildlessness n |