"little one" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: little ones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} little one (plural little ones)
  1. A young child. Synonyms: child Translations (young child): 小孩子 (xiǎoháizi) (Chinese Mandarin), etulo (Esperanto), pikkulapsi (Finnish), pienokainen (Finnish), tout-petit [masculine] (French), toute-petite [feminine] (French), bąk [masculine] (Polish), bączek [masculine] (Polish), малы́ш (malýš) [masculine] (Russian), малы́шка (malýška) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-little_one-en-noun-U7R3omqd Disambiguation of 'young child': 95 5
  2. A term of endearment, especially toward a child. Categories (topical): Children, People Translations (term of endearment): 小朋友 (xiǎopéngyou) (Chinese Mandarin), etulo (Esperanto), pikkuinen (Finnish), petit [masculine] (French), petite [feminine] (French), छोटू (choṭū) [masculine] (Hindi), छोटी (choṭī) [feminine] (Hindi), bąk [masculine] (Polish), bączek [masculine] (Polish), кро́шка (króška) [feminine] (Russian), де́тка (détka) [feminine] (Russian), pequeño [masculine] (Spanish), pequeña [feminine] (Spanish), ȕʼúna (Taos)
    Sense id: en-little_one-en-noun-Ie1rcsdm Disambiguation of Children: 26 74 Disambiguation of People: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms of address, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'term of endearment': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: littlun, littl'un

Inflected forms

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