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chil⋅dren

[chil-druh

–noun

pl. of child.

Language Translation for : children

Italian:

bambino,

German:

das Kind,

Japanese:

子供

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child

[chahyld]

–noun, plural chil⋅dren.

1.	a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.

2.	a son or daughter: All my children are married.

3.	a baby or infant.

4.	a human fetus.

5.	a childish person: He's such a child about money.

6.	a descendant: a child of an ancient breed.

7.	any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.: Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.

8.	a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.: a child of poverty; a child of famine.

9.	British Dialect Archaic. a female infant.

10.	Archaic. childe.

—Idiom

11.	with child, pregnant: She's with child.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE cild; akin to Goth kilthai womb

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child (chīld) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. chil·dren (chĭl'drən)

1. A person between birth and puberty.
2. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
3. An unborn infant; a fetus.
4. An infant; a baby.
5. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
6. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).
1. An unborn infant; a fetus.
2. An infant; a baby.
3. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
4. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).
One who is childish or immature.
A son or daughter; an offspring.
A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.
1. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
2. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).

[Middle English, from Old English cild.]
child'less adj., child'less·ness n.

chil·dren (chĭl'drən) Pronunciation Key
n. Plural of child.

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Main Entry: children
plural of CHILD

Children

Chil"dren\, n.; pl. of Child.