neonate

n.
A newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old.

[NEO- + Latin nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born.]

noun

A very young child: babe, baby, bambino, infant, newborn, nursling. Idioms: bundle of joy. See kin, youth/age/maturity.

A newborn animal. The duration of the state of neonaticity varies between 48 hours for a chicken and about 4 weeks for mammals, depending on the ability of the animal to survive without its dam.

• n. abandonment — abandoned newborn of any species due principally to poor maternal instincts in the dam. See also mismothering.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - nyfødt

Nederlands (Dutch)
pasgeborene

Français (French)
n. - nouveau-né

Deutsch (German)
n. - Neugeborenes

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νεογέννητο

Italiano (Italian)
neonato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recém-nascido (m)

Русский (Russian)
новорожденный

Español (Spanish)
n. - neonato, recién nacido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyfött barn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
婴儿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 嬰兒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (생후 1개월 이내의)신생아

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 新生児

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طفل حديث الولادة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רך נולד, תינוק‬

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