# infante
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāns (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.

### Noun

infante (plural infantes)
* (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, sometimes except the eldest or heir apparent.

#### Related terms

* infanta

#### Translations
### References

* “infante”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* fainten

## French
### Etymology

Doublet of enfant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.fɑ̃t/
* Hyphenation: in‧fante

### Noun

infante f (plural infantes)
* infante

### Further reading

* “infante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”). Cognate with Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈfante/ [iɱˈfan̪.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te

### Noun

infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)
* infant (very young human being)
* (military) a soldier of the infantry
* prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)
* (botany) deadnettle

### Noun

infante f (plural infantes)
* (archaic) princess (the daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal)

#### Derived terms

* Vilanova dos Infantes (place name: Vilanova das Infantes, originally)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “infante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “infante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “infante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “infante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “infante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Interlingua
### Noun

infante (plural infantes)
* child, infant

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfantem, īnfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈfan.te/
* Rhymes: -ante
* Hyphenation: in‧fàn‧te
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

infante (plural infanti)
* (dated, rare, relational) infant

### Noun

infante m or f by sense (plural infanti)
* (dated, rare) baby, infant
    Synonyms: bambino, bimbo, neonato

### Noun

infante f (plural infanti)
* infanta (in Spain & Portugal)

#### Derived terms

* infanticida
* infanticidio
* infantile
* infanzia

### Anagrams

* fantine, nafteni

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /inˈfan.te/, [ĩːˈfän̪t̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /inˈfan.te/, [iɱˈfän̪t̪e]

### Noun

īnfante
* ablative singular of īnfāns

## Middle English
### Noun

infante
* Alternative form of infaunt

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ĩ.ˈfan.te/

### Noun

infante m or f (plural infantes)
* (rare) child
* prince, infante
** 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 122 (facsimile):
    Como ſanta maria reſucitou hũa infante filla dun Rei
       How Holy Mary resurrected the daughter of a King.

#### Descendants

* Galician: infante
* Portuguese: infante

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* ifante, iffante, inffante (obsolete)
* yfante, yffante, ynfante (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩˈfɐ̃.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩˈfɐ̃.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
* Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te

### Noun

infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)
* infant (very young human being)
* (military) a soldier of the infantry
* prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)

#### Related terms

* infância

### Adjective

infante m or f (plural infantes)
* infant

### Further reading

* “infante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “infante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infante.

### Noun

infante m (plural infanți)
* infante

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˈfante/ [ĩɱˈfãn̪.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ante
* Syllabification: in‧fan‧te

### Noun

infante m (plural infantes)
* infant
* prince, infante (son of a king)
    Synonym: príncipe
* foot soldier, infantryman
    Synonym: peón

#### Derived terms

* guardainfante
* infante de coro
* infante de marina
* jardín de infantes

#### Related terms

* infanta

### Further reading

* “infante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10