children

Meaning

plural of child.

Frequency

Hyphenated as

chil‧dren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/

Etymology

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.

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child

1. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
2. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
3. One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
4. The thirteenth Lenormand card.
5. A figurative offspring
6. A figurative offspring
7. A figurative offspring
8. Alternative form of childe (“youth of noble birth”)
9. A subordinate node of a tree.
10. (obsolete) A female child, a girl.