infantile

adj.

1. Of or relating to infants or infancy.
2. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; childish: infantile behavior; an infantile remark.

[Middle English infantil, from Latin īnfantīlis, from īnfāns, īnfant-, infant. See infant.]

adjective

1. Of or like a baby: babyish, cherubic, childlike, infantine. See youth/age/maturity.
2. Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity: babyish, childish, immature, juvenile, puerile. See youth/age/maturity.

(ĭn'fən-tīl', -tĭl)
adj.

1. Of or relating to infants or infancy.
2. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; extremely childish.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: indicating a lack of maturity
  Synonym: childish

Meaning #2: of or relating to infants or infancy
  Pertains to noun: infancy (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: being or befitting or characteristic of an infant
  Synonyms: baby, infant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - barnlig, infantil

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    børnelammelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
infantiel, kinderachtig, kinder-

Français (French)
adj. - (Méd) infantile, puéril

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    paralysie infantile

Deutsch (German)
adj. - infantil, kindlich

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    Kinderlähmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βρεφικός, νηπιακός, (μτφ.) παιδικός, παιδαριώδης, νηπιώδης

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    (παθολ.) πολιομυελίτιδα

Italiano (Italian)
infantile

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    paralisi infantile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - infantil

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    paralisia (f) infantil

Русский (Russian)
детский, инфантильный

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    детский паралич

Español (Spanish)
adj. - infantil

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    parálisis infantil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - barn-, spädbarns-, barnslig, infantil (äv. med.), i vardande, under tillblivelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
婴儿的, 初期的, 幼稚的

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    小儿麻痹症

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 嬰兒的, 初期的, 幼稚的

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    小兒麻痺症

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유아의, 천진스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 子供じみた, 幼稚な, 幼児の, 子供らしい

idioms:

• infantile paralysis    小児麻痺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طفولي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ילדותי, לא בוגר‬

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