"only child" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. A person who has no siblings; a person raised as the sole child in a household. Synonyms: single child, oneling, onlyborn Related terms: only daughter, only son, siblingless Translations (person who has no siblings): մինուճար (minučar) [dialectal] (Armenian), fill únic [masculine] (Catalan), filla única [feminine] (Catalan), 獨仔 /独仔 (duk⁶ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 獨生仔 /独生仔 (duk⁶ saang¹ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 單傳 /单传 (daan¹ cyun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 獨生子女 /独生子女 (dúshēng zǐnǚ) (Chinese Mandarin), jedináček [masculine] (Czech), jedináčka [feminine] (Czech), enebarn [neuter] (Danish), enig kind [neuter] (Dutch), solenaskito (Esperanto), solenaskita infano (Esperanto), solinfano (Esperanto), solfilo (Esperanto), solfilino (Esperanto), einabarn [neuter] (Faroese), ainokainen (Finnish), ainoa lapsi (Finnish), enfant unique [masculine] (French), fils unique [masculine] (French), fille unique [feminine] (French), fillo único [masculine] (Galician), filla única [feminine] (Galician), მხოლოდშობილი (mxolodšobili) (Georgian), დედისერთა (dediserta) (Georgian), Einzelkind [neuter] (German), μοναχοπαίδι (monachopaídi) [neuter] (Greek), בן יחיד [masculine] (Hebrew), इकलौता (iklautā) [masculine] (Hindi), egyke (Hungarian), einbirni [neuter] (Icelandic), einkabarn [neuter] (Icelandic), anak tunggal (Indonesian), ainava laps (Ingrian), infante unic (Interlingua), aonghin [feminine] (Irish), figlio unico [masculine] (Italian), figlia unica [feminine] (Italian), 一人っ子 (hitorikko) (alt: ひとりっこ) (Japanese), 一粒種 (hitotsubudane) (alt: ひとつぶだね) (Japanese), 외동 (oedong) (Korean), likinda (Lingala), anak tunggal (Malay), huatahi (Māori), tautahi (Māori), enebarn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), einebarn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تکفرزند (tak-farzand) (Persian), jedynak [masculine] (Polish), jedynaczka [feminine] (Polish), filho único [masculine] (Portuguese), filha única [feminine] (Portuguese), uffant sulet [masculine] (Romansch), affon persul [masculine] (Romansch), unfànt sulet [masculine] (Romansch), unfant sulet [masculine] (Romansch), iffaunt sulet [masculine] (Romansch), iffaunt unic [masculine] (Romansch), еди́нственный ребёнок (jedínstvennyj rebjónok) [masculine] (Russian), jedinče, jedinac, jedinica (Serbo-Croatian), jedináčik [masculine] (Slovak), jedináčička [feminine] (Slovak), hijo único [masculine] (Spanish), hija única [feminine] (Spanish), unigénito [masculine] (Spanish), ensambarn [neuter] (Swedish), bugtong na anak (Tagalog), ஒரே பிள்ளை (orē piḷḷai) (Tamil), kananda [class-1a] (Tumbuka), tek çocuk (Turkish), con một (Vietnamese), unig blentyn (Welsh)
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        {
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jedynaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filho único"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filha única"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uffant sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affon persul"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfànt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfant sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt unic"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affon persul"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfànt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfant sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt unic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "jedínstvennyj rebjónok",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "еди́нственный ребёнок"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "jedinče, jedinac, jedinica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jedináčik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jedináčička"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hijo único"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hija única"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unigénito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ensambarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "bugtong na anak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "orē piḷḷai",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "ஒரே பிள்ளை"
    },
    {
      "code": "tum",
      "lang": "Tumbuka",
      "lang_code": "tum",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "class-1a"
      ],
      "word": "kananda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "tek çocuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "con một"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "unig blentyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "only child"
}

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