child
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural, cultural, or legalA person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
» How many children do you have?
Wie viele Kinder haben Sie?
Wie viele Kinder hast du?
Сколько у вас детей?
Сколько у тебя детей?
Сколько у Вас детей?
Скільки у тебе дітей?
Скільки у вас дітей?
Meaning
10 senses(broadly)A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
Go easy on him: he is but a child.
Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
(broadly, sometimes)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.
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.
Kind, Chind, kind
ребёнокrebjónok, дитя́ditjá, ча́доčádo
дити́наdytýna, дитя́dytjá, дитя́ткоdytjátko
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
The thirteenth Lenormand card.
A figurative offspring
(figuratively)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.
a member of a clan or tribe
(figuratively)Anything derived from or caused by something.
(figuratively)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.
доче́рнийdočérnij
A subordinate node of a tree.
(figuratively)An adult or adolescent with childish or stupid behaviors.
My husband is such a child, going out with his sled everytime it snows.
(obsolete, specifically)A female child, a girl.
Examples
11572 sentencesHow many children do you have?
Скільки у тебе дітей?
ruСколько у вас детей?
deWie viele Kinder haben Sie?
Tom got angry at the children.
Том розсердився на дітей.
ruТом рассердился на детей.
deTom wurde zornig auf die Kinder.
Each child was given a present.
Кожна дитина отримала подарунок.
ruКаждому ребёнку дали подарок.
deAlle Kinder erhielten ein Geschenk.
This movie is suitable for children.
Цей фільм підходить для дітей.
ruЭтот фильм пригоден для детей.
deDieser Film ist für Kinder geeignet.
I am thinking about my children.
Я думаю про своїх дітей.
ruЯ думаю о своих детях.
deIch denke an meine Kinder.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, fFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: childrenSynonyms
66 synonymsAntonyms
5 antonymsWord family
150 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- was a child
- the children were
- of my children
- with his children
- three children
- of his children
- of the children
- like a child
- has three children
- his children to
- the other children
- babysit our children