children

Meaning

1. (form-of, plural) plural of child
2. (form-of, plural) plural of childer

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child

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

child

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offspring

kid

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kids

descendants

progeny

family

👪

son

young

juvenile

infant

new generation

brothers

rising generation

baby

👶

younger generation

daughter

issue

sons

boys

boy

👦

descendant

youngster

pupil

schoolchild

sisters

spouse

stopple

toddler

tot

undergarments

virgin

wife

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yearling

young generation

young people

youngsters

younker

small child

son and daughter

sons and daughters

fruit of love

little child

baba

infants

parents

babies

mother and father

bambino

booby

Translations

Kind

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Kinder

enfant

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enfants

bambini

niños

crianças

giovani

criança

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kind

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bambino

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أطفال

παιδιά

kinderen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: children

Inherited from Old English: ċildru

In summary

From Middle English children, alteration of earlier childre ("children"; > English dialectal childer), from Old English ċildru, ċildra (“children”), nominative and accusative plural of ċild (“child”), equivalent to child + -ren.

Sentences

The couple had four children , three sons and one daughter .

She is the youngest of three children .

She believes for as it was said that adults have things to teach children .

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .

He was survived by his wife Grania and four children .

The children were almost tyrannical .