[noun] [C] - someone with a very great ability which usually shows itself when that person is a young childThe 16-year old tennis prodigy is the youngest player ever to reach the Olympic finals.He read in the paper about a mathematical prodigy who was attending university at the age of 12.A child/infant prodigy is a young child that has very great ability in something.He was a child prodigy who made his first professional tour as a pianist when he was six.
PRODIGY
Meaning of PRODIGY in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012