"childlike" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldlaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-childlike.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more childlike [comparative], most childlike [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English child Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English childlike From child + -like. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|child|-like|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English child Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English childlike [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-like", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-like", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "childlike", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="childlike"> From child + -like. Head templates: {{en-adj}} childlike (comparative more childlike, superlative most childlike)
  1. Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless. Translations (innocent and trustful; credulous; artless): fëmijëror (Albanian), lapsenomainen (Finnish), kindlich (German), gyermeki (Hungarian), ċildlīċ (Old English), djetinji (Serbo-Croatian)
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  2. Of, like, or suitable for a child. Synonyms: childish, childly Translations (of, like, or suitable for a child): lapsenomainen (Finnish), kindlich (German), 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (barnisks) (Gothic), źiśecy (Lower Sorbian), childly (Middle English), ċildlīċ (Old English), dječji (Serbo-Croatian), infantil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-childlike-en-adj-VauUD0gI Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -like Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -like: 35 65 Disambiguation of 'of, like, or suitable for a child': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bairnlike [UK, dialectal], childlike, childly, infantile, juvenile, juvey, kiddish Hypernyms: anthropic Hyponyms: childish, boyish, puerile, girlish, girllike, girly, puellile, puelline, babylike, cherubic Derived forms: childlikeness, nonchildlike, unchildlike Related terms: childish, naive, young

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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      "sense": "innocent and trustful; credulous; artless",
      "word": "fëmijëror"
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      "word": "ċildlīċ"
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      "word": "infantil"
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}

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