Main Entry:: child
Pronunciation:: \ˈchī(-ə)ld\
Function:: noun
Inflected Form(s):: plural chil·dren \ˈchil-drən, -dərn\
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English, from Old English cild; akin to Gothic kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit jaṭhara belly
Date:: before 12th century

1 a: an unborn or recently born person bdialect : a female infant2 a: a young person especially between infancy and youth b: a childlike or childish person c: a person not yet of age3usually childe

\ˈchī(-ə)ld\ archaic : a youth of noble birth4 a: a son or daughter of human parents b: descendant5: one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs6: product , result <barbed wire…is truly a child of the plains — W. P. Webb>

— child·less

\ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ləs\ adjective

— child·less·ness noun

— with child

: pregnant

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