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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•fant /ˈɪnfənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a child during the earliest period of its life.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to infants or infancy:infant mortality rates.
- being in the earliest stage:a technology in its infant stages.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•fant (in′fənt),USA pronunciation n. - a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before he or she can walk;
baby. - Lawmakinga person who is not of full age, esp. one who has not reached the age of 18 years;
a minor. - a beginner, as in experience or learning;
novice:The new candidate is a political infant. - anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
adj. - of or pertaining to infants or infancy:infant years.
- being in infancy:an infant king.
- being in the earliest stage:an infant industry.
- Lawof or pertaining to the legal state of infancy;
minor.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Latin infant- (stem of infāns) small child, literally, one unable to speak, equivalent. to in- in-3 + -fāns, present participle of fārī to speak; replacing Middle English enfaunt
- 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: infant /ˈɪnfənt/ n - a child at the earliest stage of its life; baby
- another word for minor
- Brit a young schoolchild, usually under the age of seven
- a person who is beginning or inexperienced in an activity
- (modifier) of or relating to young children or infancy
- designed or intended for young children
adj - in an early stage of development; nascent: an infant science or industry
- of or relating to the legal status of infancy
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin infāns, literally: speechless, from in-1 + fārī to speakˈinfantˌhood n |