child
English
/t͡ʃaɪld/
noun
Definitions
- A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
- (obsolete) A female child, a girl.
- (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter.
- (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
- (figurative) A figurative offspring, particularly:
- (alt form) childe
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English child inherited from Old English ċild (child, youth, female baby, fetus) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (womb, fetus, embryo fetus) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (womb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵelt-
Gloss
womb
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antichild English
- antichildren English
- bearer English
- bearing English
- bed English
- bekilted English
- belchild English
- birth English
- birthchild English
- boy English
- boychild English
- brain English
- brainchild English
- care English
- carer English
- caring English
- child-free English
- child-great English
- child-in-law English
- childbearer English
- childbearing English
- childbed English
- childcare English
- childcarer English
- childcaring English
- childe English
- childed English
- childfucker English
- childhood English
- childhoodless English
- childhoodlike English
- childie English
- childing English
- childish English
- childishly English
- childishness English
- childism English
- childkind English
- childless English
- childlessly English
- childlessness English
- childlike English
- childlikeness English
- childline English
- childliness English
- childling English
- childlore English
- childly English
- childmind English
- childminder English
- childness English
- childproof English
- childraiser English
- childraising English
- childrearer English
- childrearing English
- children English
- childrenless English
- childrens English
- childrenswear English
- childsafe English
- childship English
- childspeak English
- childtime English
- childwear English
- choke-children English
- dream English
- dreamchild English
- fucker English
- gillie English
- girl English
- girlchild English
- grandchild English
- grandchildhood English
- grandchildless English
- great English
- great-grandchild English
- kilt English
- kilted English
- kiltless English
- kiltlike English
- kiltmaker English
- kiltmaking English
- kiltwise English
- line English
- lore English
- man English
- man child English
- manchild English
- merchild English
- midchildhood English
- mind English
- minder English
- minikilt English
- moon English
- moonchild English
- nonchild English
- nonchildbearing English
- nonchildlike English
- raiser English
- raising English
- rearer English
- rearing English
- safe English
- sales English
- saleschild English
- school English
- schoolchild English
- semichild English
- stepchild English
- stepchildhood English
- stepchildren English
- stepgrandchild English
- superchild English
- time English
- twichild English
- unchild English
- unchildish English
- unchildlike English
- unkilt English
- woman English
- womanchild English
- womb English
- womb-child English
- wombchild English
- wonder English
- wonderchild English
- Kilt German
- килт Russian
- *gelt- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵeh₂r- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵelt- Proto-Indo-European
- *kelþaz Proto-Germanic
- *kilþį̄ Proto-Germanic
- cild Old English
- cildhad Old English
- cildisc Old English
- cildlic Old English
- leorningcild Old English
- steopcild Old English
- ċild Old English
- जर्तु Sanskrit
- child Middle English
- child bed Middle English
- childberyng Middle English
- childen Middle English
- childhode Middle English
- childing Middle English
- childissh Middle English
- childles Middle English
- childly Middle English
- children Middle English
- childwyte Middle English
- chyld Middle English
- kilten Middle English
- knave child Middle English
- manchylde Middle English
- stepchild Middle English
- kilt Cebuano
- gille Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gille-ruadh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kint Middle High German
- 𐌹𐌽𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- קימפּעטקינד Yiddish
- קינד Yiddish
- קינדערגאָרטן Yiddish
- gilla Middle Irish
- boy
- bed
- man
- girl
- safe
- care
- kilt
- moon
- womb
- time
- mind
- lore
- line
- brain
- birth
- great
- carer
- woman
- sales
- dream
- wonder
- kilted
- rearer
- raiser
- bearer
- unkilt
- fucker
- caring
- minder
- childe
- gillie
- school
- unchild
- raising
- childed
- rearing
- childly
- bearing
- childie
- kiltlike
- boychild
- merchild
- childish
- childing
- nonchild
- childbed
- twichild
- kiltless
- minikilt
- childism
- belchild
- children
- bekilted
- kiltwise
- manchild
- childwear
- antichild
- kiltmaker
- childkind
- childmind
- childsafe
- moonchild
- man child
- girlchild
- stepchild
- childline
- semichild
- childlore
- childtime
- wombchild
- childhood
- childcare
- childling
- childness
- childlike
- childless
- childrens
- childship
- brainchild
- womb-child
- womanchild
- childishly
- childproof
- superchild
- kiltmaking
- dreamchild
- saleschild
- childspeak
- child-free
- grandchild
- childcarer
- unchildish
- birthchild
- childrearer
- childcaring
- childbearer
- childraiser
- schoolchild
- childfucker
- childlessly
- child-great
- wonderchild
- unchildlike
- childminder
- childliness
- childbearing
- childrearing
- childishness
- midchildhood
- stepchildren
- antichildren
- nonchildlike
- childrenless
- child-in-law
- childraising
- childhoodless
- childlessness
- stepchildhood
- childrenswear
- childlikeness
- childhoodlike
- grandchildhood
- choke-children
- stepgrandchild
- grandchildless
- nonchildbearing
- great-grandchild