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  (chīld) pronunciation
n., pl. chil·dren (chĭl'drən).
    1. A person between birth and puberty.
    2. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
    1. An unborn infant; a fetus.
    2. An infant; a baby.
  1. One who is childish or immature.
  2. A son or daughter; an offspring.
  3. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.
    1. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
    2. A product or result of something specified: “Times Square is a child of the 20th century” (Richard F. Shepard).
idiom:

with child

  1. Pregnant.

[Middle English, from Old English cild.]

childless child'less adj.
childlessness child'less·ness n.
 
 

(1) In database management, the data that is dependent on its parent. See parent-child.

(2) A component that is subordinate to a higher-level component. See child menu, child program and child window.



 
Thesaurus: child

noun

  1. A young person between birth and puberty: bud, innocent, juvenile, moppet, tot, youngster. Informal kid. Scots bairn. See kin, youth/age/maturity.
  2. One who is not yet legally of age: juvenile. Law infant, minor. See law, youth/age/maturity.
  3. A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, ingénue, innocent, naive. Idioms: babe in the woods. See knowledge/ignorance.
  4. One descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: descendant, offspring, progeny, scion. See kin.

 
Idioms: child

Idioms beginning with child:
child's play

In addition to the idiom beginning with child, also see second childhood.


 
Antonyms: child

n

Definition: very young person
Antonyms: adult


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A young boy or girl.

pronunciation Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. — Bradley Millar.

 
Wikipedia: child
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A child (plural: children) is primarily a boy or girl who has not reached puberty.[1][2] However, some youth reach puberty earlier or later than expected. It is because of this, as well as the varying degrees of mental development, that a youth is often defined as a child by either psychological or chronological age rather than biological.[3][4] The term also refers to offspring of any age; adults remain the children of their parents, no matter what their age. It can be applied to non-human offspring, as in the child node of a tree.

Legal definition of child

The legal definition of "child" is interchangeable with minor and may vary by country, in keeping with cultural conceptions.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as "every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier".[5]

In a New York court ruling in 2006 on the eviction of a pregnant woman, the court declared that her child was equally protected under the law although the eviction notice was served before the child was born.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ yourdictionary.com: Child
  2. ^ dict.die.net: Child
  3. ^ Edwards, Jonathan (2007-05-17). Helping my son improve his game. allexperts.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
  4. ^ Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education
  5. ^ Convention on the Rights of the Child. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ([[]]). Ratified by 192 of 194 member countries.
  6. ^ Tens of thousands of children evicted without a warrant.. EMAILWIRE.COM, ([[ ]]).

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Preceded by
Toddlerhood
Stages of human development
Childhood
Succeeded by
Preteen

nrm:Éfauntzh-yue:細路


 
Translations: Translations for: Child

Dansk (Danish)
n. - barn, produkt, [sl] far her

idioms:

  • child abuse    børnemishandling
  • child allowance    børnetilskud, børnefradrag
  • child benefit    børnetilskud
  • child prodigy    vidunderbarn
  • child proof    børnesikker
  • child's play    barneleg, barnemad
  • children's home    børnehjem

Nederlands (Dutch)
kind, kinder-

Français (French)
n. - enfant, (fig) enfant de

idioms:

  • child abuse    sévices sexuels infligés aux enfants, (gén) mauvais traitements infligés aux enfants
  • child allowance    allocations familiales
  • child benefit    allocations familiales
  • child prodigy    enfant prodige
  • child proof    de sécurité, à l'épreuve des enfants
  • child's play    jeu d'enfant
  • children's home    maison d'enfants
  • with child    (porter) un enfant (en son sein) (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kind

idioms:

  • child abuse    Kindermißhandlung
  • child allowance    Kindergeld
  • child benefit    Kindergeld
  • child prodigy    Wunderkind
  • child proof    kindersicher
  • child's play    ein Kinderspiel
  • children's home    Kinderheim
  • with child    schwanger [sein]

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παιδί, τέκνο, απόγονος
adj. - παιδικός, των παιδιών

idioms:

  • child abuse    κακοποίηση ανηλίκων
  • child allowance    επίδομα τέκνων
  • child benefit    επίδομα τέκνων
  • child prodigy    παιδί θαύμα
  • child proof    ακίνδυνος για παιδιά, που δεν κινδυνεύει κατά τη χρήση από παιδιά
  • child's play    (καθομ.) εύκολη δουλειά, παιχνιδάκι
  • children's home    άσυλο ανηλίκων

Italiano (Italian)
figliolo, bambino, bimbo, piccolo, infantile, da bambino

idioms:

  • child allowance/benefit    mancetta del bambino
  • child prodigy    bambino prodigio
  • child proof    a prova di bambino, di sicurezza
  • child's play    gioco per bambini

Português (Portuguese)
n. - filho (m), criança (f), discípulo (m)
adj. - imaturo

idioms:

  • child allowance/benefit    dinheiro pago pelo governo às famílias para que cuidem das crianças
  • child prodigy    criança (f) prodígio
  • child proof    à prova de criança
  • child's play    brincadeira (f) de criança

Русский (Russian)
ребенок, дитя

idioms:

  • child allowance/benefit    пособие на ребенка
  • child prodigy    вундеркинд
  • child proof    недоступный для детей
  • child's play    пустяки

Español (Spanish)
n. - hija, hijo, niña, niño

idioms:

  • child abuse    maltrato de menores, acoso sexual a menores
  • child allowance    prestación familiar por hijos
  • child benefit    prestación familiar por hijos
  • child prodigy    niño prodigio
  • child proof    a prueba de niños
  • child's play    es cosa de coser y cantar
  • children's home    orfanato
  • with child    embarazada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - barn, avkomling, efterföljare, lärjunge, idé, ättling
adj. - barn-

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
孩子, 弟子, 产物

idioms:

  • child abuse    虐待儿童, 漫骂小孩
  • child allowance    子女津贴
  • child benefit    儿童补助金, 儿童津贴
  • child prodigy    神童
  • child proof    不危害儿童的, 对儿童安全的
  • child's play    容易干的事
  • children's home    儿童收容所

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 孩子, 弟子, 產物

idioms:

  • child abuse    虐待兒童, 漫罵小孩
  • child allowance    子女津貼
  • child benefit    兒童補助金, 兒童津貼
  • child prodigy    神童
  • child proof    不危害兒童的, 對兒童安全的
  • child's play    容易幹的事
  • children's home    兒童收容所

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아이, 자식, 제자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 子供, 児童, 幼児, 子, 申し子, 人, 子供っぽい人, 未熟な人, 子孫, 弟子

idioms:

  • child abuse    児童虐待
  • child allowance/benefit    児童手当
  • child prodigy    天才児
  • child proof    チャイルドプルーフ子供に安全な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طفل, ابن (صفه) طفلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ילד, בן, תינוק‬


 
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