"children" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK, US], [tʃɪl.ɹən] [African-American-Vernacular-English, Southern-American-English], [ˈt͡ʃɪl.d̠ɹ̠ ̝ʷən] [Canada, General-American], /ˈt͡ʃʊldɹən/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand, UK, dialectal], [ˈt͡ʃʊld̠ɹ̠ ̝ʷən] [General-Australian], /ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/ [Hong-Kong], /ˈt͡ʃɪl.dən/ [Hong-Kong] Audio: en-us-children.ogg [US]
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, {{m|enm|childre}} childre, {{m|en|childer}} childer, {{gloss|"children"; > English dialectal <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">childer</i>}} ("children"; > English dialectal childer), {{inh|en|ang|ċildru}} Old English ċildru, {{m|ang|ċildra|t=children}} ċildra (“children”), {{m|ang|ċild|t=child}} ċild (“child”), {{af|en|child|-ren}} child + -ren Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} children
  1. plural of child. Tags: form-of, plural Form of: child Synonyms: childer (english: except in Ireland) [archaic], childs [nonstandard, rare], chillen, chillun, chirren [pronunciation-spelling]

Noun [Middle English]

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

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