"childlike" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldlaɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-childlike.wav Forms: more childlike [comparative], most childlike [superlative]
Etymology: From child + -like. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|child|like}} child + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} childlike (comparative more childlike, superlative most childlike)
  1. Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless. Synonyms: credulous, unworldly, naive Translations (innocent and trustful; credulous; artless): fëmijëror (Albanian), kindlich (German), gyermeki (Hungarian), ċildlīċ (Old English), djetinji (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-childlike-en-adj-BJJuCB96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'innocent and trustful; credulous; artless': 99 1
  2. Of, like, or suitable for a child. Synonyms: childish, childly, childlike Translations (of, like, or suitable for a child): 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 entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -like, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Middle English translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -like: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'of, like, or suitable for a child': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bairnlike [UK, dialectal], childlike, childly, juvenile, juvey, kiddish Hypernyms: anthropic Hyponyms: childish, boyish, puerile, girlish, girllike, girly, puellile, puelline Derived forms: childlikeness, nonchildlike, unchildlike Related terms: childish, naive, young

Alternative forms

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