"only child" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: only children [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|only children}} only child (plural only children)
  1. A person who has no siblings. Categories (topical): Children, Family members, Stock characters Synonyms: single child Translations (person who has no siblings): մինուճար (minučar) [dialectal] (Armenian), fill únic [masculine] (Catalan), filla única [feminine] (Catalan), 獨仔 (Chinese Cantonese), 独仔 (duk⁶ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 獨生仔 (Chinese Cantonese), 独生仔 (duk⁶ saang¹ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 單傳 (Chinese Cantonese), 单传 (daan¹ cyun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 獨生子女 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 (Maori), tautahi (Maori), 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), ensambarn [neuter] (Swedish), bugtong na anak (Tagalog), tek çocuk (Turkish), con một (Vietnamese), unig blentyn (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-only_child-en-noun-8OPil6-V Disambiguation of Children: 46 54 Disambiguation of Family members: 59 41 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'person who has no siblings': 85 15
  2. A person raised as the sole child in a household. Categories (topical): Children, People Synonyms: oneling, onlyborn Related terms: only daughter, only son, siblingless
    Sense id: en-only_child-en-noun-dpNHI7uO Disambiguation of Children: 46 54 Disambiguation of People: 35 65

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "mxolodšobili",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "roman": "monachopaídi",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "בן יחיד"
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "word": "einkabarn"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "anak tunggal"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "ainava laps"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "infante unic"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aonghin"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "word": "figlio unico"
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "figlia unica"
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        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "alt": "ひとりっこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitorikko",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "一人っ子"
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        {
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          "roman": "hitotsubudane",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "一粒種"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "oedong",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "외동"
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "likinda"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "anak tunggal"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "huatahi"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "tautahi"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "enebarn"
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "word": "einebarn"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tak-farzand",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "تکفرزند"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "jedynak"
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uffant sulet"
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          "word": "affon persul"
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          "word": "unfànt sulet"
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "word": "iffaunt sulet"
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          "word": "iffaunt unic"
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          "roman": "jedínstvennyj rebjónok",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hijo único"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "word": "ensambarn"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "bugtong na anak"
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "con một"
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          "sense": "person who has no siblings",
          "word": "unig blentyn"
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          "text": "An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled."
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          "ref": "1949, Frank B Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication",
          "text": "To DAD\nwho only reared twelve children\nand\nTo MOTHER\nwho reared twelve only children"
        }
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          "_dis1": "34 66",
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          "_dis1": "34 66",
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
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        }
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    }
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    "only child"
  ],
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}
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      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "獨生子女"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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    {
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einabarn"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "ainokainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "ainoa lapsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fils unique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fille unique"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fillo único"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filla única"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxolodšobili",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "მხოლოდშობილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dediserta",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "დედისერთა"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Einzelkind"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "monachopaídi",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μοναχοπαίδι"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בן יחיד"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "iklautā",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "इकलौता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "egyke"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einbirni"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einkabarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "anak tunggal"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "ainava laps"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "infante unic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aonghin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "figlio unico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "figlia unica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひとりっこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitorikko",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "一人っ子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひとつぶだね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitotsubudane",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "一粒種"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "oedong",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "외동"
    },
    {
      "code": "ln",
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "likinda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "anak tunggal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "huatahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "tautahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "enebarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einebarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tak-farzand",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "تکفرزند"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jedynak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jedynaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "filho único"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "filha única"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uffant sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affon persul"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfànt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfant sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt unic"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affon persul"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfànt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unfant sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt sulet"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iffaunt unic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jedínstvennyj rebjónok",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "еди́нственный ребёнок"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "jedinče, jedinac, jedinica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jedináčik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jedináčička"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hijo único"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hija única"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ensambarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "bugtong na anak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "tek çocuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "con một"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who has no siblings",
      "word": "unig blentyn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "only child"
  ],
  "word": "only child"
}

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