CHILD


Meaning of CHILD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchī(-ə)ld ]

noun

( plural chil·dren ˈchil-drən, -dərn)

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cild; akin to Gothic kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit jaṭhara belly

Date: before 12th century

1.

a. : an unborn or recently born person

b. dialect : a female infant

2.

a. : a young person especially between infancy and youth

b. : a childlike or childish person

c. : a person not yet of age

3. usually childe ˈchī(-ə)ld archaic : a youth of noble birth

4.

a. : a son or daughter of human parents

b. : descendant

5. : one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs

6. : product , result

barbed wire…is truly a child of the plains — W. P. Webb

• child·less ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ləs adjective

• child·less·ness noun

- with child

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.