# infantil
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfantilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [iɱ.fənˈtil]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iɱ.fanˈtil]
* Rhymes: -il

### Adjective

infantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural infantils)
* (relational) child
* immature; infantile

#### Derived terms

* infantilisme
* infantilitzar

### Further reading

* “infantil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “infantil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “infantil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “infantil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin īnfantilis.

### Adjective

infantil (neuter infantilt, plural and definite singular attributive infantile)
* infantile (childish, immature)
    Coordinate terms: barnlig, umoden
* (medicine) infantile (pertaining to infants)

### Declension

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### Derived Term

* infantilitet

### References

* “infantil” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin īnfantilis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtil/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtil/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈti.li/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -iw, (Portugal) -il
* Hyphenation: in‧fan‧til

### Adjective

infantil m or f (plural infantis)
* (relational) child (relating to a child, suitable for a child)
* immature, childish (behaving immaturely)
    Synonym: imaturo

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:infantil.

#### Derived terms

* infantilidade
* infantilismo
* infantilizar
* infantilmente
* infantiloide
* parque infantil
* pornografia infantil

### Further reading

* “infantil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “infantil”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French infantile, from Latin infantilis.

### Adjective

infantil m or n (feminine singular infantilă, masculine plural infantili, feminine and neuter plural infantile)
* infantile; immature; childish
    Synonyms: copilăros, imatur, pueril

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

From Latin īnfantilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /infanˈtil/ [ĩɱ.fãn̪ˈt̪il]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: in‧fan‧til

### Adjective

infantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural infantiles)
* childish; childlike
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 52:[Los duendes] son pequeñitos, tienen caras infantiles y visten hábitos de tres colores distintos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* immature
    Synonym: inmaduro
* of, relating, or for children.

#### Derived terms

* infantilidad
* infantilismo
* infantilizar
* infantilmente
* infantiloide
* jardín infantil
* parque infantil
* pornografía infantil

### Further reading

* “infantil”, 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

## Swedish
### Adjective

infantil
* infantile (childish, immature)
* (medicine) infantile (pertaining to infants)

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### See also

* barnslig

### References

* infantil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* infantil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* infantil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)