"children" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK, US], [tʃɪl.ɹən] (note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular), [ˈt͡ʃɪl.d̠ɹ̠ ̝ʷən] [Canada, General-American], /ˈt͡ʃʊldɹən/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK, dialectal], [ˈt͡ʃʊld̠ɹ̠ ̝ʷən] [General-Australian], /ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/ [Hong-Kong], /ˈt͡ʃɪl.dən/ [Hong-Kong, proscribed] Audio: en-us-children.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪldɹən, -ʊldɹən 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|children}} Middle English children, {{gloss|"children"; > English dialectal <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">childer</i>}} ("children"; > English dialectal childer), {{inh|en|ang|ċildru}} Old English ċildru, {{af|en|child|-ren}} child + -ren Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} children
  1. plural of child Tags: form-of, plural Form of: child
    Sense id: en-children-en-noun-EGBvLPEj Categories (other): English plurals in -children with singular in -child
  2. plural of childer Tags: form-of, plural Form of: childer
    Sense id: en-children-en-noun-TXPQHeJZ Categories (other): English plurals in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ren, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ren: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: childer (english: except in Ireland) [archaic], childs [nonstandard, rare], chillen, chillun, chirren [pronunciation-spelling] Derived forms: antichildren, childrenless, children's game, childrenswear, choke-children, knuckle children

Noun [Middle English]

Etymology: From childre (“children”) with a pleonastic addition of the plural suffix -en; compare calveren, eyren, lambren. Head templates: {{head|enm|noun form}} children
  1. plural of child Tags: form-of, plural Form of: child

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɪl.d̠ɹ̠ ̝ʷən]",
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