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Meaning of Infant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɪn.fənt

Definitions

  1. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
  2. A minor.
  3. A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
    Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable
  4. A noble or aristocratic youth.
    obsolete

Equivalents

العربية الرضيع رضيع
Azərbaycanca körpə
Български бебе пеленаче
বাংলা বাচ্চা
Català infant nadó nen nena
Čeština kojenec nemluvně
Ελληνικά βρέφος μωρό νήπιο νινί
Esperanto bebo infaneto
Español infante nene
Eesti imik
Gàidhlig leanabh maothran
Bahasa Indonesia bayi orok
Italiano bambina bambino infante minore minorenne
ქართული ჩვილი
한국어 베이비 아기 유아 젖먹이
Kurdî bebek
Кыргызча бала
Latina infans
Latviešu zīdainis
Македонски бебе детенце доенче
Монгол нялх хүүхэд
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကလေး
Nederlands zuigeling
Português infante menor
Română bebeluș copilaș
Slovenčina dojča
Slovenščina dojenček
Shqip foshnjë
Тоҷикӣ кӯдак
Tagalog sanggol
Türkçe bebek minör
Oʻzbekcha goʻdak
Tiếng Việt ấu nhi trẻ sơ sinh
IsiZulu ingane

Examples

“Thomas Humphrey Doleman died the 30th of August 1712, an infant, intestate and without issue; Lewis the next nephew died the 17th of April 1716, an infant about sixteen years old, having left his mother Mary Webb, ...”
“Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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