# child
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: chīld, IPA: /t͡ʃaɪld/, [t͡ʃaɪ̯ɫd], [ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯.ɫ̩d]
* (Canada, dialectal) IPA: [t͡ʃəɪ̯(ə)ɫd]
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)Audio:(file)
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪld

### Etymology 1

From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (“womb”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”).
Cognate with Danish kuld (“brood, litter”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Icelandic kelta, kjalta (“lap”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (kilþei, “womb”), Sanskrit जर्त (jarta), जर्तु (jártu, “vulva”).

#### Alternative forms

* childe (archaic)
* chile (eye dialect, Southern US)
* (plural): childrens (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard); childs (nonstandard, rare)

#### Noun

child (plural children or (dialectal or archaic) childer)
* (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
    Synonym: kid
    Hyponyms: newborn, neonate, preteen, adolescent, tweenager, teenager, tween, teen, preadult
    Go easy on him: he is but a child.
** 2003 Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (narration)
    And not just the children, teenagers too. Chuck wants a football, Kathleen a tattoo.
** 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 26, page 19:It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.
** (pediatrics, sometimes, in a stricter sense) A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
    Hypernym: kid
    Coordinate terms: newborn, neonate, infant, adolescent, teenager, teen
    Regular chores can be appropriate for both children and adolescents, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
* (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
    My youngest child is forty-three this year.
    His adult children visit him yearly.
* (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
* (figurative) A figurative offspring, particularly:
** A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
    The children of Israel.
    He is a child of his times.
*** 1984, Mary Jane Matz, The Many Lives of Otto Kahn: A Biography, page 5:For more than forty years, he preached the creed of art and beauty. He was heir to the ancient wisdom of Israel, a child of Germany, a subject of Great Britain, later an American citizen, but in truth a citizen of the world.
*** 2009, Edward John Moreton Dunsany, Tales of Wonder, page 64:Plash-Goo was of the children of the giants, whose sire was Uph. And the lineage of Uph had dwindled in bulk for the last five hundred years, till the giants were now no more than fifteen foot high; but Uph ate elephants […]
** Anything derived from or caused by something.
*** 1991, Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children:Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.
** (computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.
    The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
*** 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed:The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).
* Alternative form of childe (“youth of noble birth”)
* (mathematics, programming) A subordinate node of a tree.
* (obsolete, specifically) A female child, a girl.
** c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 288, column 2:A boy, or a Childe I wonder?

##### Synonyms

* (young person): See Thesaurus:child, Thesaurus:boy, and Thesaurus:girl
* (offspring): See offspring and Thesaurus:son and Thesaurus:daughter, binary clone, progeny, hybrid
* (descendant): See descendant
* (product of a place or era): product, son (male), daughter (female)

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “offspring”): father, mother, parent
* (antonym(s) of “person below the age of adulthood”): adult
* (antonym(s) of “data item, process or object in a subordinate role”): parent

##### Derived terms

* abandoned child syndrome
* a burnt child dreads the fire
* antichild
* barrel child
* battered child syndrome
* belchild
* biochild
* birthchild
* black child
* boomerang child
* boychild
* brainchild
* butterfly child
* call someone everything but a child of God
* Chester
* child abuse
* child abuser
* child actor
* childbearer
* child-bearing, childbearing
* child-bed, childbed
* child benefit
* child birth, child-birth, childbirth
* child bride, child-bride
* child care, childcare
* childcarer
* childcaring
* child carrier
* child car seat
* child category
* child-centered
* child-crowing
* child diddler
* child-directed speech
* child endangerment
* child-free
* child-fucker, childfucker
* child-great
* child groom
* childhood
* childie
* childification
* child-in-law
* childish
* childism
* childkind
* child labor, child labour
* child language
* childless
* child-like, childlike
* childline
* childling
* child lock
* childlore
* childlove
* childlover
* child-mind, childmind
* child minder, childminder
* child molestation
* child molester
* child-nature
* child neglect
* childness
* child node
* child of the kitchen
* child of the manse
* child porn
* child pornography
* child prodigy
* childproof
* child prostitution
* childraiser
* childraising
* childrearer
* child-rearing, childrearing
* child restraint
* childsafe
* child safety seat
* child seat
* child sex abuse
* child sex crime
* child sex tourism
* child sexual abuse
* child sexual abuse material
* childship
* child soldier
* childspeak
* child's play
* child support
* childtime
* child toucher, child-toucher
* child trafficking
* childwear
* choirchild
* chomo
* chrisom child
* cowchild
* dog-child
* dreamchild
* feral child
* flower child
* foster child
* get with child
* girlchild
* glass child
* god-child, godchild
* golden child
* grandchild, grand-child
* heavy with child
* home child
* honey child, honey chile
* Indigo child
* inner child
* innocent as the child unborn
* International Day of the Girl Child
* iPad child
* it is a wise child that knows his own father
* it takes a village to raise a child
* latch-key child, latchkey child
* lovechild, love-child, love child
* maid child, maid-child
* man child, man-child, manchild
* merchild
* middle child
* minor child
* moonchild
* natural child
* nonchild
* once a man, twice a child
* once a woman, twice a child
* one-child policy
* only child
* password child
* poster child
* pretermitted child
* problem child
* saleschild
* schoolchild
* semichild
* single child
* snowchild
* snowflake child
* sooner child
* spare the rod and spoil the child
* street child
* subchild
* superchild
* sweet summer child
* thalidomide child
* the burnt child dreads the fire, the burnt child fears the fire
* twichild
* two child problem
* unborn child
* unchild
* war child
* well-child clinic
* whole child
* wild child
* with child
* wolf-child
* woman child, woman-child, womanchild
* wombchild, womb-child
* wonderchild

##### Related terms

* chield
* Child
* childe
* Childermas

##### Translations

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'Are'are: wera
Abkhaz: аԥшқа (apŝka), асаби (asabi)
Acehnese: aneuk
Adyghe: сабый (sabəj)
Afar: awka
Afrikaans: kind (af)
Aghwan: 𐕘𐔰𐕙 (ġar)
Albanian: fëmijë (sq) n, bemile f (old Tosk), kalaman m, pjellë (sq), thmi (sq)(gheg)
Amharic: ልጅ (ləǧ), ብላቴና (bəlatena)
Arabic: وَلَد (ar) m (walad), (son) اِبْن (ar) m (ibn), (daughter) اِبْنَة f (ibna)
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܙܪܥܐ
Armenian: երեխա (hy) (erexa), զավակ (hy) (zavak)
Assamese: ল’ৰা-ছোৱালী (löra-süali), কণমানি (konmani), অকণি (okoni), শিশু (xixu), ছলি (soli)
Asturian: fíu (ast) m, fía (ast) f
Avar: лъимер (lˢimer)
Azerbaijani: uşaq (az), bala (az), çağa (az)
Baluchi: چک (cukk)
Banjarese: anak
Bashkir: бала (bala)
Basque: sein (eu), ume
Bavarian: kind, kindl
Belarusian: дзіця́ n (dzicjá), дзіцё n (dzicjó), рабёнак m (rabjónak)
Bengali: বাচ্চা (bn) (bacca), শিশু (bn) (śiśu), ওলদ (bn) (ōlod)
Bhojpuri: बच्चा (baccā)
Bikol Central: aki (bcl)
Bislama: pikinini
Borôro: ore
Bouyei: leg
Breton: bugel (br) m
Bulgarian: дете́ (bg) n (deté), че́до (bg) n (čédo), ро́жба (bg) f (róžba) (newborn)
Burmese: ကလေး (my) (ka.le:)
Buryat: хүүгэд (xüüged)
Butuanon: bata
Caijia: ŋa⁵⁵
Carpathian Rusyn: дїтя n (djitja), дїти́на f (djitýna)
Catalan: nen (ca), nena (ca) f, fill (ca) m (son), filla (ca) f (daughter), xiquet (ca) m, xiqueta (ca) f
Cebuano: bata
Central Melanau: aneak
Chagatai: بلا
Chechen: бер (ber)
Cherokee: ᎠᏳᎴ (ayule), ᎠᏲᏟ (ayotli)
Chichewa: mwana
Chickasaw: chipota, inchipota
Chinese:
Cantonese: 仔女 (zai$^2$ neoi$^{5-2}$), 細路 / 细路 (yue) (sai$^3$ lou$^6$), 細蚊仔 / 细蚊仔 (yue) (sai$^3$ man$^1$ zai$^2$), 細路哥 / 细路哥 (sai$^3$ lou$^6$ go$^1$), 細路仔 / 细路仔 (yue) (sai$^3$ lou$^6$ zai$^2$)
Dungan: хэзы (hezɨ), щёхэр (xi͡oher), вава (vava), ва (va)
Eastern Min: 伲囝 (niê-giāng)
Gan: 細人子 / 细人子 (xi$^4$ nyin zi)
Hakka: 細人仔 / 细人仔 (se-ngìn-è)
Hokkien: 囡仔 (zh-min-nan) (gín-á), 囡仔人 (zh-min-nan) (gín-á-lâng)
Jin: 娃娃 (va$^1$ va$^{1-3}$)
Mandarin: 小孩 (zh) (xiǎohái), 小孩子 (zh) (xiǎoháizi), 孩子 (zh) (háizi), 小孩兒 / 小孩儿 (zh) (xiǎoháir), 孺子 (zh) (rúzǐ) (literary)
Northern Min: 囝仔 (gṳ̌ing-ciě), 囝仔人 (gṳ̌ing-ciě-nêng)
Teochew: 孥囝 (nou$^5$ gian$^2$)
Wu: 小囡
Xiang: 細伢子 / 细伢子 (si$^4$ nga$^2$ zr), 細人子 / 细人子 (si$^4$ ren$^2$ zr), 伢妹子 (nga$^2$ mei$^5$ zr)
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: lx (Dananshan Miao)
Chuvash: ача (ač̬a)
Cornish: flogh
Crimean Tatar: bala, evlât
Czech: dítě (cs) n
Danish: barn (da) n, børn (da) pl
Dutch: kind (nl) n
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Arrernte: ampe
Eastern Khanty: њэврэм (njewrem)
Egyptian: (ẖrd m), (ms m)
Elfdalian: kripp m
Erzya: эйде (ejde)
Eshtehardi: لَزَک (lazak)
Esperanto: (♂♀) infano (eo), (♀) infanino
Estonian: laps (et)
Evenki: куңакан
Ewe: vi
Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: barn (fo) n
Finnish: lapsi (fi), kakara (fi) (derogatory, colloquial), mukula (fi) (colloquial), muksu (fi) (colloquial), nappula (fi) (colloquial), skidi (fi) (slang), pentu (fi) (derogatory, colloquial), tytär (fi) (formal, daughter), tyttö (fi) (daughter), poika (fi) (son), nahkapokaali (humorous, slang), ipana (fi), nulikka (fi) (derogatory), natiainen (fi), vaahtosammutin (fi), penikka (fi), penska (fi), napero (fi), kersa (fi), räkänokka (fi) (derogatory), riiviö (fi) (derogatory), piltti (fi), taapero (fi), junnu (fi), toukka (fi), kakru (fi), pirpana (fi), tenava (fi), vekara (fi)
French: enfant (fr) m or f
Galician: nena (gl) f, neno (gl) m
Ge'ez: ወልድ (wäld)
Georgian: ბავშვი (bavšvi), შვილი (švili), ძე m (ʒe), ასული f (asuli)
German: Kind (de) n
Alemannic German: Chind n
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 m (frasts), 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 n (barn)
Greek: παιδί (el) n (paidí), (formal) τέκνο (el) n (tékno)
Ancient: παῖς m or f (paîs), παίδιον n (paídion), τέκνον n (téknon)
Greenlandic: meeraq
Guaraní: mitã
Guinea-Bissau Creole: fidju
Gujarati: બાળક (gu) (bāḷka)
Haitian Creole: timoun
Hausa: ya’ya
Hawaiian: keiki
Hebrew: יֶלֶד (he) m (yéled) (male or in general), יַלְדָּה f (yaldá) (female child), בֵּן (he) m (ben) (son), בַּת (he) f (bat) (daughter)
Higaonon: bata
Hiligaynon: bata
Hindi: बच्चा (hi) m (baccā), (son) बेटा (hi) m (beṭā), (daughter) बेटी (hi) f (beṭī), शिशु (hi) m (śiśu), लड़का (hi) m (laṛkā), लड़की (hi) f (laṛkī), छोरा (hi) m (chorā), छोरी (hi) f (chorī), बच्ची (hi) f (baccī), बालक (hi) m (bālak), बालिका (hi) f (bālikā), कन्या (hi) f (kanyā)
Hungarian: gyerek (hu), gyermek (hu) (legal, medical or literary), kölyök (hu)
Iban: anak
Icelandic: barn (is) n, krakki (is) m
Ido: (♂♀) infanto (io), (♂) infantulo (io), (♀) infantino (io), (♂♀) puero (io), (♂) puerulo (io), (♀) puerino (io), (♂♀) filio (io), (♂) filiulo (io), (♀) filiino (io)
Ifè: ɔma
Igbo: nyaka, nwata
Ilocano: anak
Inari Sami: páárnáš
Indonesian: anak (id), kanak (id)
Ingrian: lapsi
Ingush: бер (ber)
Interlingua: filia (ia) f
Iranun: wata'
Irish: páiste (ga) m, clann (ga) f (collective)
Isoko: ọmọ
Italian: bambino (it) m, bambina (it) f, figlio (it) m, figlia (it) f
Jamaican Creole: pickney
Japanese: 子供 (ja) (こども, kodomo), 子 (ja) (こ, ko)
Javanese: anak (jv), putra (jv), bocah (jv), laré
Jeju: 아이 (ai), 아의 (aui) (now proscribed)
Judeo-Tat: гIэиль
Kabardian: сабий (kbd) (sabij)
Kabuverdianu: fidju
Kabyle: agrud m
Kaingang: kósin
Kalenjin: lakwet
Kannada: ಹಸುಳೆ (kn) (hasuḷe), ಮಗು (kn) (magu)
Karakalpak: bala
Kashmiri: شُر (śur), بَچہٕ (bacụ)
Kashubian: òtrok m
Kazakh: бала (kk) (bala)
Khiamniungan Naga: tshōu
Khmer: កូន (km) (koun)
Kikuyu: mwana class 1
Kongo: mwana
Korean: 어린이 (ko) (eorini), 아이 (ko) (ai), 애 (ko) (ae)
Krio: pikin
Kumyk: яш (yaş)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: منداڵ (ckb) (mindall), مناڵ (mnall), زارۆک (zarok)
Northern Kurdish: zarok (ku)
Kyrgyz: бала (ky) (bala), наристе (ky) (nariste)
Laboya: ana
Ladino: kreatura f, kriatura f
Lao: ເດັກນ້ອຍ (lo) (dek nǭi), ລູກ (lūk), ເດັກ (dek)
Latgalian: bārns m
Latin: filius (la) m, filia (la) f
Latvian: bērns (lv) m
Lutuv: haatiy
Lezgi: аял (aäl)
Lingala: mwǎna
Lithuanian: vaikas (lt) m
Livonian: läpš
Louisiana Creole French: piti
Low German: Kind (nds) n
Lü: ᦟᦴᧅ (luuk)
Luganda: omwana
Luhya: omwana
Luo: nyithindo
Lushootseed: bədaʔ
Luxembourgish: Kand n
Macedonian: дете (mk) n (dete), чедо n (čedo)
Maguindanao: wata
Makasae: mata
Malay: budak (ms), anak (ms)
Jawi: انق (ms)
Malayalam: കുട്ടി (ml) (kuṭṭi)
Maltese: tfal m, ibna, tifel (mt) m
Maori: pangore, tamaiti (mi)
Maranao: wata', bata'
Marathi: मूल n (mūl)
Mari: ньога (ńoga)
Maricopa: humar
Mazanderani: وچه (vače)
Middle English: child, barn
Middle Korean: 아ᄒᆡ〮 (àhóy)
Mirandese: criança f
Moksha: идь (iď)
Mon: ကွေန် (kon)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хүүхэд (mn) (xüüxed), хүү (mn) (xüü), жаал (mn) (žaal)
Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠦᠬᠡᠳ (keüked), ᠬᠥ᠋ᠦ (köü), ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠯ (ǰiɣal)
Mori Bawah: ana
Mwani: mwana
Nama: ǀgôa-i
Nanai: пиктэ (pikte)
Navajo: awééʼ, áłchíní pl
Nepali: बच्चा (baccā)
Ngarrindjeri: porli
Nigerian Pidgin: pikin
Nivkh: оғла (oγla)
Norman: êfant m or f, avé m, mousse m or f
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: jongen n
Mooring: bjarn n
Sylt: Jungen n
Northern Altai: пала (pala), бала (bala)
Northern Ohlone: šiiniinikma c pl
Northern Sami: mánná
Northern Thai: ᩃᩪᨠ, ᨯᩮᩢ᩠ᨠ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: barn (no) n
Nynorsk: barn n
Nupe: egi
Nupe: egi
Nyunga: koorlingah
O'odham: ali
Odia: ପିଲା (or) (pilā), ଶିଶୁ (or) (śiśu)
Okinawan: 子 (っくゎ, kkwa), わらび
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: чѧдо n (čędo), дѣтѧ n (dětę)
Old Czech: dietko n, dietě n
Old East Slavic: дѣтя n (dětja), чадо n (čado)
Old English: ċild (ang) n, bearn (ang) n, umbor n
Old Norse: barn n
Old Prussian: malnīks
Ossetian: саби (sabi)
Pali: dārako m
Devanagari: दारको m (dārako)
Pannonian Rusyn: дзецко n (dzecko)
Papiamentu: mucha
Pashto: ماشوم (ps) m (māšum), کوچنۍ (kučnəy)
Pennsylvania German: Kind n
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بَچِّه (fa) (bačče), بَچِه (fa) (bače), کودَک (fa) (kudak), فَرزَنْد (fa), کُر (fa) (kor)
Pijin: pikinini
Pirahã: tiobáhai
Pite Sami: mánná
Pitjantjatjara: tjitji
Plautdietsch: Kjint (nds) n
Polabian: våtrük m
Polish: dziecko (pl) n, dziecię (pl) n (dated)
Portuguese: filho (pt) m, filha (pt) f, criança (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਬੱਚਾ m or f (baccā)
Quechua: wamra (qu)
Romanian: fiu (ro) m, fiică (ro) f, copil (ro) m, copilă (ro) f,
Romansch: uffant m, affon m, unfànt m, unfant m, iffaunt m
Russian: ребёнок (ru) m (rebjónok), дитя́ (ru) n (ditjá), ча́до (ru) n (čádo) (archaic, humorous)
Saek: แด๊ก
Saho: awka
Samogitian: vāks m
Sanskrit: शिशु (sa) m (śiśu), बालक (sa) m (bālaka), जात (sa) m or n (jāta)
Santali: ᱜᱳᱱ (gon)
Scots: bairn
Scottish Gaelic: pàisde m, leanabh m
Seraiki: ٻال (skr) (ḇāl)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: де́те n, дије́те n, че̏до n
Roman: déte (sh) n, dijéte (sh) n, čȅdo (sh) n
Shan: လုၵ်ႈ (shn) (lūk)
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Silesian: dziycio
Sindhi: ٻارُ (sd) (ḇāru)
Sinhalese: ළමයා (si) (ḷamayā)
Skolt Sami: päärnaž
Slovak: dieťa (sk) n
Slovene: otrok (sl) m, dete (sl) n
Somali: ilmo (so), caruur, canug
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: źiśe n, góle n
Upper Sorbian: dźěćo (hsb)
Sotho: ngwana (st)
Southern Altai: бала (bala)
Southern Amami Ōshima: warabɨ (warabɨ)
Spanish: hijo (es) m, hija (es) f, niño (es) m, niña (es) f
Sundanese: murangkalih
Swahili: mtoto (sw), mwana (sw)
Swedish: barn (sv) n
Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ (baicca), ꠢꠥꠞꠥꠔꠣ (huruta)
Tabaru: ngowaka
Tagalog: anak (tl)
Tai Dam: ꪩꪴꪀ
Tai Nüa: ᥘᥧᥐ (luk)
Tajik: кӯдак (tg) (küdak)
Talysh: (Anbarani) باله (bâla), (Asalemi) خردن (xərdan)
Tamil: குழந்தை (ta) (kuḻantai), மக (ta) (maka)
Taos: ȕʼúna
Tatar: бала (tt) (bala)
Tausug: anak, bata
Telugu: పాప (te) (pāpa)
Ternate: ngofa
Tetum: labarik
Thai: ลูก (th) (lûuk), เด็ก (th) (dèk), ศิศุ (sì-sù)
Tibetan: ཕྲུ་གུ (phru gu), ཨ་བ (a ba)
Tidore: ngofa
Tigrinya: ሕጻን (ḥəṣan), ቆልዓ (ḳolʿa)
Tok Pisin: pikinini
Tumbuka: mwana
Turkish: çocuk (tr), evlat (tr) (one's own child)
Turkmen: çaga
Tuvan: уруг (urug)
Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎍𐎄 (yld)
Ukrainian: дити́на (uk) f (dytýna), дитя́ n (dytjá), дитя́тко n (dytjátko)
Urdu: بَچَّہ m (bacca), (son) بیٹا (ur) m (beṭā), (daughter) بیٹی f (beṭī)
Uyghur: بالا (ug) (bala)
Uzbek: bola (uz)
Veps: laps'
Vietnamese: đứa bé (vi), đứa trẻ, con (vi) (one's child)
Volapük: (♂♀) cil (vo), (♂) hicil (vo), (♀) jicil (vo), (♂) son (vo), (♀) daut (vo), (♀) jison, (collective) cilef
Votic: lahsi
Walloon: efant (wa) m
Welsh: plentyn (cy) m
West Frisian: bern (fy) n
Wolof: xale (wo), gune
Wutunhua: galamala
Xârâcùù: xûûchî
Xhosa: umntwana
Yakut: оҕо (oğo)
Yiddish: קינד n (kind)
Yoruba: èwe, ọmọ, ọmọdé
Yucatec Maya: paal, aal
Zande: gude
Zazaki: qeç (diq), tut, lorek, doman (diq)
Zealandic: kind n
Zhuang: lwg, lwgnyez
Zulu: umntwana (zu) class 1/2, ingane (zu) class 9/10
ǃXóõ: ʘqa̰a :
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#### See also

* orling

### Etymology 2

From Middle English childen, from the noun child.

#### Verb

child (third-person singular simple present childs, present participle childing, simple past and past participle childed)
* (archaic, ambitransitive) To give birth; to beget or procreate.
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 17, page 512:My liefe (ſayd ſhe) ye know, that long ygo, Whileſt ye in durance dwelt, ye to me gaue A little mayde, the which ye chylded tho ; The ſame againe if now ye liſt to haue, The ſame is yonder Lady, whom high God did ſaue.
** 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Eighteenth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 26, page 320:And from his fertill hollow wombe forth ran, (Clad in rare weedes and ſtrange habiliment) A Nymph, for age able to goe to man, An hundreth plants beſide (euen in his ſight) Childed an hundreth Nymphes, ſo great, ſo dight: […]
** c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:[…] But then the mind much ſufferance doth or'e ſcip, When griefe hath mates,​and bearing fellowſhip : How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow, He childed as I fathered,​Tom away, Marke the high noyſes and thy ſelfe bewray, […]

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### Further reading

* Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (accessed November 2007).
* American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company (2003).

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* chyld, chylde, childe, chelde, cild

### Etymology

From Old English ċild, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃiːld/

### Noun

child (plural children or childre or child or childres, dative childe)
* A baby, infant, toddler; a person in infancy.
* A child, kid; a young person.
* An offspring, one of one's progeny.
* A childish or stupid individual.
* (Christianity) The Christ child; Jesus as a child.
* (figurative) A member of a creed (usually with the religion in the genitive preposing it)
* A young male, especially one employed as an hireling.
* A young noble training to become a knight; a squire or childe.
* The young of animals or plants.
* A material as a result or outcome.

#### Related terms

* child bed
* childberyng
* childen
* Childermasse day
* childhode
* childing
* childissh
* childles
* childly
* childwyte
* knave child
* stepchild

#### Descendants

* English: child
* Scots: child; chield

#### References

* “chīld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.