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Meaning of child | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR A1 Common
tʃaɪld

Definitions

  1. child, boy
  2. Alternative letter-case form of child often used when referring to God (Jesus) or another important child who is understood from context.
    alt-of
  3. A surname.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of child often used when referring to God (Jesus) or another important child who is understood from context
  5. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
    broadly
  6. A surname
  7. Pregnant.
  8. A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
    broadly, sometimes
  9. the state or time of being a child. Her childhood was a time of happiness. kinderjare طُفولَه، سِن الطُّفولَه детство infância dětství die Kindheit barndom παιδική ηλικία lapsepõlv دوران بچگی lapsuus enfanceילדות बचपन djetinjstvo gyermekkor masa kanak-kanak barnæska infanzia 幼年時代 유년기 vaikystė bērnība zaman kanak-kanak jeugdbarndomdzieciństwo ماشومتوب، كوچنيوالى، وړكتوب infância copilărie детство detstvo otroštvo detinjstvo barndom วัยเด็ก çocukluk 童年 дитинство بچپن ، طفلی thời thơ ấu 童年
  10. One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
  11. like a child; silly. a childish remark. kinderagtig طُفولي، صِبْياني، نَزِق детински infantil dětinský kindisch barnlig παιδαριώδης lapsik بچگانه؛ احمقانه lapsellinen enfantin, puérilילדותי लड़कपन की सी djetinjast gyerekes kekanak-kanakan barnalegur infantile 子供っぽい 유치한 vaikiškas bērnišķīgs; bērna- keanak-anakan kinderachtigbarnslig, barnaktigdziecinny احمقانه infantil copilăros ребяческий; глупый detinský otročji detinjast barnslig ซึ่งเหมือนเด็ก çocukca, çocuksu 幼稚的 дитячий; легковажний بجگا...
  12. The thirteenth Lenormand card.
  13. kinderagtig بِصِبْيانِيَّه наивно infantilmente dětinsky kindisch barnligt ανόητα, παιδιάστικα lapsikult بطور بچگانه lapsellisesti puérilement ביָלדוּתיוּת तुच्छतापूर्वक djetinjast gyermekien secara kekanak-kanakan barnalega in modo infantile 子供っぽく 유치하게 vaikiškai bērnišķīgi keanak-anakan kinderachtigbarnslig dziecinnie لکه ماشومانی غوندی infantilmente copilăreşte по-детски detinsky otročje detinjasto barnsligt อย่างเป็นเด็ก çocukca 幼稚地 по-дитячому; легковажно بچگانہ طور پر như trẻ con 幼稚地
  14. A figurative offspring
    figuratively
  15. A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
    figuratively
  16. kinderagtigheid صِبْيانِيَّه наивност infantilidade dětinskost, dětskost kindisches Wesen barnlighed αφέλεια lapsikus حماقت؛ بچگی lapsellisuus enfantillage, puérilité יָלדוּתיוּת तुच्छता djetinjastost gyerekesség sifat kekanak-kanakan barnaskapur fanciullaggine 子供っぽさ 유치함 vaikiškumas bērnišķīgums bersifat keanak-anakan kinderachtigheidbarnslighet dziecinada حماقت infantilidade caracter copilăros детскость; ребячество detinskosť otročjost detinjarija barnslighet ความเหมือนด็ก çocukluk, çocukça ...
  17. Anything derived from or caused by something.
    figuratively
  18. having no children. the childless couple. kinderloos بِدونِ أوْلاد، أبْتَر бездетен sem filhos bezdětný kinderlos barnløs άκληρος lastetu بی فرزند lapseton sans enfants חֲשוּך בָּנִים नि:सन्तान bez djece gyermektelen tak beranak barnlaus senza figli 子供のいない 자식이 없는 bevaikis bezbērnu- tiada anak kinderloosbarnløsbezdzietny بی اولاد sem filhos fără copii бездетный bezdetný brez otrok bez dece barnlös ไม่มีบุตร çocuksuz, çocuğu olmayan 無子女的 бездітний بے اولاد không có con 无子女的
  19. A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.
    figuratively
  20. innocent; like a child. childlike faith; trustful and childlike. kinderlik طُفولي، كالوَلَد невинен inocente dětský kindlich barnagtig; barnlig παιδιάστικος lapselik معصوم؛ پاک lapsenomainen pur, innocentילדותי बाल सुलभ djetinjast, naivan gyermeki polos barnslegur innocente 子供らしい 아이 같은 vaikiškas, kaip vaikas bērnišķīgs; bērna-; nevainīgs seperti kanak-kanak kinderlijkbarnligdziecinny معصوم inocente inocent, pur детский; непосредственный detský nedolžen, naiven, otroški detinji lik ett barn, b...
  21. the act of giving birth to a child. She died in childbirth. bevalling وِلادَه، نَفاس раждане parto porod die Entbindung under barsel; i barselsseng γέννα sünnitus زایمان synnytys accouchementלידה सन्तान प्रसव porod szülés persalinan barnsburður parto 出産 출산 gimdymas dzemdības melahirkan bayi bevallingbarnefødsel, barselporód ماشوم زيږېدنه: لنګون parto naştere роды pôrod porod porođaj förlossning, barnsäng การคลอดบุตร doğum 分娩 роди, пологи ولادت quá trình sinh con 分娩
  22. A subordinate node of a tree.
  23. something very easy. Climbing that hill will be child's play. kinderspeletjies هيِّن، سَهْل много лесно moleza hračka das Kinderspiel barnemad κτ. πανεύκολο, παιχνιδάκι juego de niños, pan comido lapsemäng بچه بازی؛ کار بسیار آسان lastenleikki jeu d'enfant מִשְחָקֵי יְלָדִים बांए हाथ का खेल dječja igra gyerekjáték mudah barnaleikur gioco da bambini 簡単なこと 아이들의 놀이 vieni juokai ļoti viegli; ‘bērnu spēle' sangat mudah kinderspel barnemat dziecinna igraszka د ماشوممانو لوبی canja fleac, bagatelă п...
  24. An adult or adolescent with childish or stupid behaviors.
    figuratively
  25. niño-a;___ nurse → niñera;
  26. A female child, a girl.
    obsolete, specifically

Equivalents

Afrikaans kind
አማርኛ ልጅ
العربية ابن ابنة الطّفل ولد
Azərbaycanca bala çağa övlad uşaq
Беларуская дзіцё дзіця рабёнак
Български дете рожба чедо
བོད་སྐད ཕྲུ་གུ
Català fill filla nen nena xiquet xiqueta
Čeština dcera dítě
Cymraeg plentyn
Dansk barn børn
Deutsch Chind Kind kindl
Esperanto ido infanino infano
Español cría hija hijo niña niño
Eesti laps
Euskara sein ume
فارسی بچه فرزند کر کودک
Français Enfant
Gaeilge clann páiste
Gàidhlig leanabh pàisde
Galego nena neno
ગુજરાતી બાળક
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi keiki
עברית בן בת ילד ילדה
Հայերեն երեխա զավակ
Bahasa Indonesia anak kanak
Igbo nwata
Íslenska barn krakki
Italiano bambina bambino figlia figlio
日本語 子供
Қазақша бала
ខ្មែរ កូន
ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಗು
한국어 아이 어린이
Kurdî bala bala ewê ido
Кыргызча бала
Latina filia fīlius
Lëtzebuergesch Kand
Lingála mwana
Lietuvių vaikas
Latviešu bērns
Te Reo Māori tamaiti
Македонски дете чедо
മലയാളം കുട്ടി
मराठी मूल
Bahasa Melayu anak budak انق
Malti tfal tifel
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကလေး
नेपाली बच्चा
Nederlands kind
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପିଲା ଶିଶୁ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੱਚਾ
Polski dziecię dziecko
Português criança filha filho
Română copil copilă fiică fiu
سنڌي ٻار
සිංහල ළමයා
Slovenčina dieťa
Slovenščina otrok
Soomaali ilmo
Sesotho ngwana
Svenska barn
Kiswahili mtoto mwana
தமிழ் குழந்தை மக
తెలుగు పాప
Тоҷикӣ кӯдак
ትግርኛ ሕጻን
Türkmençe çaga
Tagalog anak
Türkçe çocuk evlat
ئۇيغۇرچە بالا
Oʻzbekcha bola
Tiếng Việt con đứa bé đứa trẻ
Wolof xale
IsiXhosa umntwana
IsiZulu ingane umntwana

Examples

“Go easy on him: he is but a child.”
“And not just the children, teenagers too. Chuck wants a football, Kathleen a tattoo.”
“It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.”
“In one case, a mother was deported and took her 2-year-old child with her, while the other involves another mother deported and her 4- and 7-year-old children went with her, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Project, among other organizations, said in a news release Friday.”
“Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.”
“My youngest child is forty-three this year.”
“His adult children visit him yearly.”
“the children of Israel”
“He is a child of his times.”
“For more than forty years, he preached the creed of art and beauty. He was heir to the ancient wisdom of Israel, a child of Germany, a subject of Great Britain, later an American citizen, but in truth a citizen of the world.”
“Plash-Goo was of the children of the giants, whose sire was Uph. And the lineage of Uph had dwindled in bulk for the last five hundred years, till the giants were now no more than fifteen foot high; but Uph ate elephants[…]”
“Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.”
“The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.”
“The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).”
“My husband is such a child, going out with his sled everytime it snows.”
“A boy, or a Childe I wonder?”
“He appeared as an only begotten Child, as a Child calling us to be children also, and yet with this difference, that He and His Father maintained a holy intimacy with each other which no one dared to share.”
“This emendation is echoed in Thekla's reunion with Paul outside the city, where she offers the following prayer of thanksgiving: God, King and Blessed Creator of everything, and Father of your great and only begotten Child, I give you thanks.”

CEFR level

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