infant

CEFRB2

/ˈɪn.fənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A very young child or baby.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A minor.

Examples

  • Good nutrition is vital for an infant's growth.

  • The infant has been exposed to radioactive rays.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.

  2. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.

  3. A noble or aristocratic youth.

More examples

In context

  • Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...].

  • Thomas Humphrey Doleman died the 30th of August 1712, an infant, intestate and without issue; Lewis the next nephew died the 17th of April 1716, an infant about sixteen years old, having left his mother Mary Webb, ...

  • This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is […] infanted out of the same fears.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.