n., pl. chil·dren (chĭl'drən).

1. 1. A person between birth and puberty.
   2. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
2. 1. An unborn infant; a fetus.
   2. An infant; a baby.
3. One who is childish or immature.
4. A son or daughter; an offspring.
5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.
6. 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.

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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 beginning with child:
child's play

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

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n

Definition: very young person
Antonyms: adult

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IN BRIEF: A young boy or girl.

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

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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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