infant

Noun

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. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable) A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
4. (obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.

Adj

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the earlier half of primary school education.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) small, being near its source.

Verb

To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪn.fənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: infaunt

In summary

Inherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.

Synonyms

baby

👶

child

🧒

kid

🧒

babe

bairn

young child

newborn

suckling

toddler

little child

young

nestling

suckler

youngster

tot

sucker

peewee

son

children

offspring

nursling

youth

juvenile

newborn baby

papoose

small

small child

little sweetie

new

🆕

little one

new-born baby

pikkie

newborn child

little

kiddy

baby⫷mn⫸

innocent

😇

rudimentary

seedling

🌱

suck

small insect

incipient

fledgling

daughter

tad

chit

childlike

underage

🔞

undeveloped

child in arms

Translations

Baby

👶

Säugling

👶

neonato

bébé

👶

nourrisson

Kleinkind

enfant

🧒

niño

🧒

kind

🧒

bebé

👶

bambino

🧒

infante

Kind

🧒

bebê

criatura

Sentences

Some toys are specifically intended for an infant bed .

Bowburn has its own Junior and Infant and Nursery schools .