"enfant" meaning in French

See enfant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɑ̃.fɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-enfant.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: enfants [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfantem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|enfant|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French enfant, {{inh+|fr|frm|enfant}} Inherited from Middle French enfant, {{inh|fr|fro|enfant}} Old French enfant, {{inh|fr|la|īnfāns|īnfantem}} Latin īnfantem Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} enfant m or f by sense (plural enfants)
  1. child (someone who is not yet an adult) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-enfant-fr-noun-ypRtyTDM
  2. child (offspring of any age) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Age, Family members
    Sense id: en-enfant-fr-noun-1N6AddJr Disambiguation of Age: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Family members: 22 57 22 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 51
  3. son, native (of a place) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-enfant-fr-noun-9NZs4hu4 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 44 51 Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 29 29 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: enfance, enfantillage, infantile, fille, garçon, gosse
Derived forms: bon enfant, enfant chéri, enfant de chœur, enfant de pute, enfant gâté, enfant prodige, enfant sauvage, enfant soldat, enfant terrible, enfant trouvé, enfant unique, enfanter, enfantin, ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants, innocent comme l’enfant qui vient de naître, jardin d’enfants

Inflected forms

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