English > infant: 1 sense > noun 1, person Meaning | A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk. |
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Synonyms | baby, babe |
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Narrower | blue baby | An infant born with a bluish color |
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cherub | A sweet innocent baby |
foundling, abandoned infant | A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown |
godchild | An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism |
neonate, newborn | A baby from birth to four weeks |
nursling, nurseling, suckling | An infant considered in relation to its nurse |
papoose, pappoose | An American Indian infant |
test-tube baby | A baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body |
war baby | conceived or born during war |
Broader | child, kid | A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age |
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Spanish | bebe, bebé, criatura, guagua, infante, lactante, nena, nene, neonato, niña, niño, rorro |
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Catalan | bebè, criatura, infant, lactant, maca, nadó, nena, nounat |
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Nouns | infancy | the earliest state of immaturity |
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infancy | the early stage of growth or development |