"infantile" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/ Forms: more infantile [comparative], most infantile [superlative]
Etymology: Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|infantilis|t=pertaining to an infant}} Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), {{m|la|īnfāns}} īnfāns Head templates: {{en-adj}} infantile (comparative more infantile, superlative most infantile)
  1. Pertaining to infants. Translations (pertaining to infants): детски (detski) (Bulgarian), infantil (Catalan), infantile (French), infantil (German), kindisch (German), albern (German), ילדותי (yalduti) (Hebrew), infantile (Italian), lhiannooagh (Manx), oikanagh (Manx), dziecięcy (Polish), infantil (Swedish), çocuksal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-infantile-en-adj-Iu6sAKIf Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to infants': 100 0
  2. Childish; immature. Translations (childish; immature): детински (detinski) (Bulgarian), инфантилен (infantilen) (Bulgarian), infantil (Catalan), infantilní (Czech), dětinský (Czech), infantiel (Dutch), kinderlijk (Dutch), kinderachtig (Dutch), infantile (French), ילדותי (yalduti) (Hebrew), אינפנטילי (infantili) (Hebrew), infantilis (Hungarian), infantile (Italian), puerile (Italian), infantylny (Polish), dziecinny (Polish), infantilný (Slovak), detinský (Slovak), infantil (Swedish), çocukça (Turkish), çocuksu (Turkish), інфанти́льний (infantýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-infantile-en-adj-QP1e1Glx Disambiguation of 'childish; immature': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: puerile [childish], milky, childish Derived forms: infantile dementia, infantilely, infantile paralysis, infantilise, progressive infantile poliodystrophy

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