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{{also|Child|Child.}}
==English==
[[File:MDRBobMomSmall.jpg|right|thumb|A woman with two children [[circa|c.]] 1933.]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|RP|GA}} {{enPR|chīld}}, {{IPA|en|/t͡ʃaɪld/|[t͡ʃaɪ̯ɫd]|[ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯.ɫ̩d]}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-child.ogg|Audio (RP)}}{{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-child.wav}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-child.ogg|Audio (GA)}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪld|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|child}}, from {{inh|en|ang|ċild}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kilþ}}, {{m|gmw-pro|*kelþ}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kelþaz||[[womb]]; [[fetus]]}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵelt-||[[womb]]}}, perhaps from {{der|en|ine-pro|*gel-||to ball up, amass}}.

Cognate with {{cog|da|kuld||[[brood]], [[litter]]}}, {{cog|sv|kull||[[brood]], [[litter]]}}, {{cog|is|kelta}}, {{m|is|kjalta||[[lap]]}}, {{cog|got|𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹||[[womb]]}}, {{cog|sa|जर्त}}, {{m|sa|जर्तु||tr=jártu|[[vulva]]}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|childe||archaic}}
* {{alter|en|chile||eye dialect|Southern US}}
* {{sense|plural}} {{alter|en|childrens||intentionally incorrect|nonstandard}}; {{alter|en|childs||nonstandard|rare}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|children|childer|pl2qual=dialectal or archaic}}

# {{senseid|en|kid aged 0 to 18 years}} {{lb|en|[[Appendix:Glossary#broadly|broadly]]}} A [[person]] who has not yet reached [[adulthood]], whether [[natural]] ([[puberty]]), [[cultural]] ([[initiation]]), or [[legal]] ([[majority]]).
#: {{syn|en|kid}}
#: {{hypo|en|newborn|neonate|preteen|adolescent|tweenager|teenager|tween|teen|preadult}}
#: {{ux|en|Go easy on him: he is but a '''child'''.}}
#* '''2003''' Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (narration)
#*: {{quote|en|And not just the '''children''', teenagers too. Chuck wants a football, Kathleen a tattoo.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-07|author=w:Joseph Stiglitz|volume=188|issue=26|page=19|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly|title=Globalisation is about taxes too|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/27/globalisation-is-about-taxes-too|passage=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.}}
## {{senseid|en|kid aged 1 to 11 years}} {{lb|en|[[pediatrics]]|sometimes, in a [[Appendix:Glossary#strict|stricter]] sense}} A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas [[neonate#Noun|neonates]] are aged 0 to 1 month, [[infant#Noun|infants]] are aged 1 to 12 months, and [[adolescent#Noun|adolescents]] are aged 10 to 20 years.
##: {{ux|en|Regular chores can be appropriate for both '''children''' and adolescents, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.}}
##: {{hyper|en|kid}}
##: {{cot|en|newborn|neonate|infant|adolescent|teenager|teen}}
# {{senseid|en|offspring of any age including adulthood}} {{lb|en|with possessive}} One's [[direct]] [[descendant]] by [[birth]], regardless of [[age]]; one's [[offspring]]; a [[son]] or [[daughter]].
#: {{ux|en|My youngest '''child''' is forty-three this year.}}
#: {{ux|en|His adult '''children''' visit him yearly.}}
# {{senseid|en|cartomancy}} {{lb|en|cartomancy}} The thirteenth [[Lenormand]] card.
# {{senseid|en|figuratively, of times or tribes}} {{lb|en|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.
##: {{ux|en|The '''children''' of Israel.}}
##: {{ux|en|He is a '''child''' of his times.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1984|author=[[w:Mary Jane Phillips-Matz|Mary Jane Matz]]|title=The Many Lives of Otto Kahn: A Biography|page=5|passage=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.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=[[w:Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany|Edward John Moreton Dunsany]]|title={{w|The Last Book of Wonder|Tales of Wonder}}|page=64|passage=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{{...}}}}
## {{senseid|en|figuratively, derived or caused}} Anything [[derive]]d from or [[cause]]d by something.
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1991|author=w:Salman Rushdie| title={{w|Midnight's Children|Midnight's '''Children'''}}| passage=Poverty, disease, and despair are the '''children''' of war.}}
## {{senseid|en|child element in computing}} {{lb|en|computing}} A [[data]] [[item]], [[process]], or [[object]] which has a [[subservient]] or [[derivative]] [[role]] relative to another.
##: {{ux|en|The '''child''' node then stores the actual data of the parent node.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=John Mongan; Noah Kindler; Eric Giguère|title=Programming Interviews Exposed
|passage=The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more '''children''' (when it reaches a leaf).}}
# {{senseid|en|childe, youth of noble birth}} {{alt form|en|childe||youth of noble birth}}
# {{senseid|en|mathematics}} {{lb|en|mathematics|programming}} A subordinate [[node]] of a [[tree]].
# {{senseid|en|female child, obsoletely}} {{lb|en|obsolete|specifically}} A [[female]] child, a [[girl]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale|III|iii|288|2|passage=A boy, or a '''Childe''' I wonder?}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|young person}} ''See'' '''[[Thesaurus:child]]''', '''[[Thesaurus:boy]]''', & '''[[Thesaurus:girl]]'''
* {{sense|offspring}} ''See'' '''[[offspring]]''' and '''[[Thesaurus:son]]''' and '''[[Thesaurus:daughter]]''', {{l|en|binary clone}}, {{l|en|progeny}}, {{l|en|hybrid}}
* {{sense|descendant}} ''See'' '''[[descendant]]'''
* {{sense|product of a place or era}} {{l|en|product}}, {{l|en|son}} {{qualifier|male}}, [[daughter]] {{qualifier|female}}

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|offspring}} {{l|en|father}}, {{l|en|mother}}, {{l|en|parent}}
* {{antsense|person below the age of adulthood}} {{l|en|adult}}
* {{antsense|data item, process or object in a subordinate role}} {{l|en|parent}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|boomerang child|battered child syndrome|child birth|child care|child-bed|child-birth|child-nature|child-rearing|chrisom child|grand-child|password child|wolf-child
|childhood|child actor|child seat|glass child|honey child|iPad child|well-child clinic
|childish
|childless|antichild|belchild|biochild|birthchild|boychild|brainchild|Chester|childbearer|childbearing|childbed|childbirth|childcare|childcarer|childcaring|childfucker|childie|childification|childism|childkind|childline|childling|childlore|childmind|childminder|childness|childproof|childraiser|childraising|childrearer|childrearing|childsafe|childspeak|child's play|childtime|childwear|choirchild|chomo|cowchild|dreamchild|girlchild|godchild|grandchild|lovechild|merchild|moonchild|nonchild|saleschild|semichild|superchild|twichild|unchild|womanchild|wombchild|wonderchild
|childlike
|childship
|childlove
|childlover
|love child|child-centered
|manchild
|middle child
|once a man, twice a child
|once a woman, twice a child
|only child
|problem child
|schoolchild
|snowchild
|subchild
|war child
|with child
|a burnt child dreads the fire|abandoned child syndrome|barrel child|black child|butterfly child|call someone everything but a child of God|child abuse|child abuser|child benefit|child bride|child carrier|child diddler|child endangerment|child groom|child labor|child labour|child language|child lock|marriage|child minder|child molestation|child molester|child neglect|child of the kitchen|child of the manse|child porn|child pornography|child prodigy|child prostitution|child restraint|child safety seat|child sex abuse|child sexual abuse|child soldier|child support|child toucher|child-bearing|child-bride|child-crowing|child-free|child-fucker|child-great|child-in-law|child-like|child-mind|child-toucher|dog-child|feral child|flower child|foster child|get with child|god-child|golden child|heavy with child|home child|honey chile|Indigo child|inner child|innocent as the child unborn|it is a wise child that knows his own father|it takes a village to raise a child|latch-key child|latchkey child|love-child|maid child|maid-child|man child|man-child|minor child|natural child|one-child policy|poster child|pretermitted child|single child|sooner child|spare the rod and spoil the child|street child|sweet summer child|thalidomide child|the burnt child dreads the fire|the burnt child fears the fire|two child problem|unborn child|whole child|wild child|woman child|woman-child|womb-child}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|chield}}
* {{l|en|Child}}
* {{l|en|childe}}
* {{l|en|Childermas}}

=====Translations=====
{{rfc|en|[[Special:Diff/63093882|the translation tables don't exactly map onto the senses, particularly with regard to whether only descent or age is signified]]}}
{{trans-top|child; daughter, son, someone's child}}
{{multitrans|data=
* 'Are'are: {{t|alu|wera}}
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|аԥшқа|}}, {{tt|ab|асаби|}}
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|aneuk}}
* Adyghe: {{tt|ady|сабый}}
* Afar: {{t|aa|awka}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|kind}}
* Aghwan: {{t|xag|𐕘𐔰𐕙}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|fëmijë|n}}, {{tt|sq|bemile|f}} {{q|old Tosk}}, {{tt|sq|kalaman|m}}, {{t+|sq|pjellë}},
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ልጅ}}, {{tt|am|ብላቴና}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|وَلَد|m}}, {{qualifier|son}} {{tt+|ar|اِبْن|m}}, {{qualifier|daughter}} {{tt|ar|اِبْنَة|f}}
* Aragonese: {{t-needed|an}}
* Aramaic:
*: Classical Syriac: {{tt|syc|ܙܪܥܐ}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|երեխա}}, {{tt+|hy|զավակ}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|ল’ৰা-ছোৱালী}}, {{tt|as|কণমানি}}, {{tt|as|অকণি}}, {{tt|as|শিশু}}, {{tt|as|ছলি}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|fíu|m}}, {{tt+|ast|fía|f}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|лъимер|}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|uşaq}}, {{tt+|az|bala}}, {{tt+|az|çağa}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|چک|tr=cukk}}
* Banjarese: {{t|bjn|anak}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|бала|}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|sein}}, {{tt|eu|ume}}
* Bavarian: {{tt|bar|kind}}, {{tt|bar|kindl}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|дзіця́|n}}, {{tt|be|дзіцё|n}}, {{tt|be|рабёнак|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বাচ্চা}}, {{tt+|bn|শিশু}}, {{tt+|bn|ওলদ}}
* Bislama: {{t|bi|pikinini}}
* Borôro: {{tt|bor|ore}}
* Bouyei: {{tt|pcc|leg}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|bugel|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|дете́|n}}, {{tt+|bg|че́до|n}}, {{tt+|bg|ро́жба|f}} {{qualifier|newborn}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ကလေး}}
* Buryat: {{tt|bua|хүүгэд}}
* Butuanon: {{t|btw|bata}}
* Caijia: {{t|sit-cai|ŋa⁵⁵}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{tt|rue|дїтя|n}}, {{tt|rue|дїти́на|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|nen}}, {{tt+|ca|nena|f}}, {{tt+|ca|fill|m}} {{qualifier|son}}, {{tt+|ca|filla|f}} {{qualifier|daughter}}, {{t+|ca|xiquet|m}}, {{t+|ca|xiqueta|f}}
* Cebuano: {{tt|ceb|bata}}
* Central Melanau: {{tt|mel|aneak}}
* Chagatai: {{t|chg|بلا}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|бер}}
* Cherokee: {{tt|chr|ᎠᏳᎴ}}, {{tt|chr|ᎠᏲᏟ}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|mwana}}
* Chickasaw: {{tt|cic|chipota}}, {{tt|cic|inchipota}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|仔女}}, {{tt+|yue|細路}}, {{tt+|yue|細蚊仔}}, {{tt|yue|細路哥|tr=sai3 lou6 go1}}, {{tt+|yue|細路仔}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|хэзы}}, {{tt|dng|щёхэр}}, {{tt|dng|вава}}, {{tt|dng|ва}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|伲囝}}
*: Gan: {{t|gan|細人子}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|細人仔|tr=se-ngìn-è}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|囡仔|tr=gín-á}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|囡仔人|tr=gín-á-lâng}}
*: Jin: {{t|cjy|娃娃}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|小孩}}, {{tt+|cmn|小孩子}}, {{tt+|cmn|孩子}}, {{tt+|cmn|小孩兒}}, {{t+|cmn|孺子}} {{qualifier|literary}}
*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|囝仔}}, {{t|mnp|囝仔人}}
*: Teochew: {{tt|nan-tws|孥囝|tr=nou5 gian2}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|小囡}}
*: Xiang: {{t|hsn|細伢子}}, {{t|hsn|細人子}}, {{t|hsn|伢妹子}}
* Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: {{tt|cqd|lx}} {{qualifier|Dananshan Miao}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|ача|}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|flogh}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|bala}}, {{tt|crh|evlât}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|dítě|n}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|barn|n}}, {{tt+|da|børn|p}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|kind|n}}
* Dzongkha: {{t-needed|dz}}
* Eastern Arrernte: {{t|aer|ampe}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ẖrd|m|h=X:r:d-Xrd}}, {{t-egy|ms|m|h=ms-s-Xrd}}
* Elfdalian: {{tt|ovd|kripp|m}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|эйде}}
* Eshtehardi: {{tt|esh|لزک|alt=لَزَک|tr=lazak}}
* Esperanto: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|eo|infano}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt|eo|infanino}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|laps}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|куңакан}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|vi}}
* Extremaduran: {{t-needed|ext}}
* Faroese: {{tt+|fo|barn|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lapsi}}, {{tt+|fi|kakara}} {{qualifier|derogatory|colloquial}}, {{tt+|fi|mukula}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{tt+|fi|muksu}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{tt+|fi|nappula}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{tt+|fi|skidi}} {{qualifier|slang}}, {{tt+|fi|pentu}} {{qualifier|derogatory|colloquial}}, {{tt+|fi|tytär}} {{qualifier|formal|daughter}}, {{tt+|fi|tyttö}} {{qualifier|daughter}}, {{tt+|fi|poika}} {{qualifier|son}}, {{tt|fi|nahkapokaali}} {{qualifier|humorous|slang}}, {{tt+|fi|ipana}}, {{tt+|fi|nulikka}} {{qualifier|derogatory}}, {{tt+|fi|natiainen}}, {{tt+|fi|vaahtosammutin}}, {{tt+|fi|penikka}}, {{tt+|fi|penska}}, {{tt+|fi|napero}}, {{tt+|fi|kersa}}, {{tt+|fi|räkänokka}} {{qualifier|derogatory}}, {{tt+|fi|riiviö}} {{qualifier|derogatory}}, {{tt+|fi|piltti}}, {{tt+|fi|taapero}}, {{tt+|fi|junnu}}, {{tt+|fi|toukka}}, {{tt+|fi|kakru}}, {{tt+|fi|pirpana}}, {{tt+|fi|tenava}}, {{tt+|fi|vekara}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|enfant|m|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|nena|f}}, {{tt+|gl|neno|m}}
* Ge'ez: {{t|gez|ወልድ}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ბავშვი}}, {{tt|ka|შვილი}}, {{tt|ka|ძე|m}}, {{tt|ka|ასული|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Kind|n}}
*: Alemannic German: {{tt|gsw|Chind|n}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃|m}}, {{tt|got|𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽|n}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|παιδί|n}}, {{qualifier|formal}} {{tt+|el|τέκνο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|παῖς|m|f}}, {{tt|grc|παίδιον|n}}, {{tt|grc|τέκνον|n}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt|kl|meeraq}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|mitã}}
* Guinea-Bissau Creole: {{tt|pov|fidju}}
* Gujarati: {{tt+|gu|બાળક}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|timoun}}
* Hausa: {{tt|ha|ya’ya}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|keiki}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|יֶלֶד|m|tr=yéled}} {{q|male or in general}}, {{tt|he|יַלְדָּה|f|tr=yaldá}} {{q|female child}}, {{tt+|he|בֵּן|m|tr=ben}} {{q|son}}, {{tt+|he|בַּת|f|tr=bat}} {{q|daughter}}
* Higaonon: {{tt|mba|bata}}
* Hiligaynon: {{tt|hil|bata}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|बच्चा|m}}, {{qualifier|son}} {{tt+|hi|बेटा|m}}, {{qualifier|daughter}} {{tt+|hi|बेटी|f}}, {{tt+|hi|शिशु|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बालक|m}}, {{tt+|hi|लड़का|m}}, {{tt+|hi|लड़की|f}}, {{tt+|hi|छोरा|m}}, {{tt+|hi|छोरी|f}}, {{tt+|hi|बच्ची|f}}, {{tt+|hi|बचा|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बालक|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बालकी|f}}, {{tt+|hi|बालिका|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|gyerek}}, {{tt+|hu|gyermek}} {{qualifier|legal, medical or literary}}
* Iban: {{tt|iba|anak}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|barn|n}}, {{tt+|is|krakki|m}}
* Ido: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|io|infanto}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt+|io|infantulo}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt+|io|infantino}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|io|puero}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt+|io|puerulo}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt+|io|puerino}}, {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|io|filio}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt+|io|filiulo}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt+|io|filiino}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|nyaka}}, {{t|ig|nwata}}
* Ilocano: {{tt|ilo|anak}}
* Inari Sami: {{tt|smn|páárnáš}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|anak}}, {{tt+|id|kanak}}
* Ingrian: {{tt|izh|lapsi}}
* Ingush: {{tt|inh|бер}}
* Interlingua: {{tt+|ia|filia|f}}
* Iranun: {{t|ill|wata'}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|páiste|m}}, {{tt+|ga|clann|f}} {{q|collective}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|bambino|m}}, {{tt+|it|bambina|f}}, {{tt+|it|figlio|m}}, {{tt+|it|figlia|f}}
* Jamaican Creole: {{tt|jam|pickney}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|子供|tr=こども, kodomo}}, {{tt+|ja|子|tr=こ, ko}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|anak}}, {{tt+|jv|putra}}, {{tt+|jv|bocah}}, {{tt|jv|laré}}
* Judeo-Tat: {{tt|jdt|гIэиль}}
* Kabardian: {{t+|kbd|сабий}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{tt|kea|fidju}}
* Kabyle: {{tt|kab|agrud|m}}
* Kaingang: {{t|kgp|kósin}}
* Kalenjin: {{tt|kln|lakwet}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ಹಸುಳೆ}}, {{tt+|kn|ಮಗು}}
* Karakalpak: {{t|kaa|bala}}
* Kashubian: {{tt|csb|òtrok|m}}
* Kazakh: {{tt+|kk|бала|}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|កូន}}
* Kikuyu: {{tt|ki|mwana|c1}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|mwana}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|어린이}}, {{tt+|ko|아이}}, {{tt+|ko|애}}
* Krio: {{tt|kri|pikin}}
* Kumyk: {{tt|kum|яш}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|منداڵ}}, {{tt|ckb|مناڵ}}, {{tt|ckb|زارۆک}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|zarok}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|бала|}}, {{tt+|ky|наристе|}}
* Laboya: {{tt|lmy|ana}}
* Ladino: {{tt|lad|kreatura|f}}, {{tt|lad|kriatura|f}}
* Lao: {{tt+|lo|ເດັກນ້ອຍ}}, {{tt|lo|ລູກ}}, {{tt|lo|ເດັກ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|bārns|m}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|filius|m}}, {{tt+|la|filia|f}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|bērns|m}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|аял|}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|mwǎna}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|vaikas|m}}
* Livonian: {{tt|liv|läpš}}
* Louisiana Creole French: {{t|lou|piti}}
* Low German: {{tt+|nds|Kind|n}}
* Lü: {{tt|khb|ᦟᦴᧅ}}
* Luganda: {{t|lg|omwana}}
* Luhya: {{tt|luy|omwana}}
* Luo: {{tt|luo|nyithindo}}
* Lushootseed: {{tt|lut|bədaʔ}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt|lb|Kand|n}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|дете|n}}, {{tt|mk|чедо|n}}
* Maguindanao: {{tt|mdh|wata}}
* Makasae: {{t|mkz|mata}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|budak}}, {{tt+|ms|anak}}
*: Jawi: {{tt|ms|انق}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|കുട്ടി}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|tfal|m}}, {{tt|mt|ibna}}, {{tt+|mt|tifel|m}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|pangore}}, {{tt+|mi|tamaiti}}
* Maranao: {{tt|mrw|wata'}}, {{tt|mrw|bata'}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मूल|n|tr=mūl}}
* Mari: {{tt|mhr|ньога}}
* Maricopa: {{tt|mrc|humar}}
* Mazanderani: {{tt|mzn|وچه|tr=vače}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|child}}, {{tt|enm|barn}}
* Middle Korean: {{tt|okm|아ᄒᆡ〮}}
* Mirandese: {{tt|mwl|criança|f}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|идь}}
* Mon: {{tt|mnw|ကွေန်|tr=kon}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|хүүхэд}}, {{tt+|mn|хүү}}, {{tt+|mn|жаал}}
*: Mongolian: {{tt|mn|ᠬᠡᠦᠬᠡᠳ}}, {{tt|mn|ᠬᠥ᠋ᠦ}}, {{tt|mn|ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠯ}}
* Mori Bawah: {{t|xmz|ana}}
* Mwani: {{tt|wmw|mwana}}
* Nama: {{tt|naq|ǀgôa-i}}
* Nanai: {{tt|gld|пиктэ}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|awééʼ}}, {{tt|nv|áłchíní|p}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|बच्चा}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{tt|nay|porli}}
* Nigerian Pidgin: {{tt|pcm|pikin}}
* Nivkh: {{t|niv|оғла}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|êfant|m|f}}, {{tt|nrf|avé|m}}, {{tt|nrf|mousse|m|f}}
* North Frisian:
*: Föhr-Amrum: {{tt|frr|jongen|n}}
*: Mooring: {{tt|frr|bjarn|n}}
*: Sylt: {{tt|frr|Jungen|n}}
* Northern Ohlone: {{tt|cst|šiiniinikma|c-p}}
* Northern Sami: {{tt|se|mánná}}
* Northern Thai: {{tt|nod|ᩃᩪᨠ}}, {{tt|nod|ᨯᩮᩢ᩠ᨠ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|barn|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|barn|n}}
* Nupe: {{t|nup|egi}}
* Nupe: {{t|nup|egi}}
* Nyunga: {{tt|nys|koorlingah}}
* O'odham: {{tt|ood|ali}}
* Odia: {{tt+|or|ପିଲା}}, {{tt+|or|ଶିଶୁ}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|чѧдо|n}}, {{tt|cu|дѣтѧ|n}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|дѣтя|n}}, {{tt|orv|чадо|n}}
* Old English: {{tt+|ang|ċild|n}}, {{tt+|ang|bearn|n}}, {{tt|ang|umbor|n}}
* Old Norse: {{tt|non|barn|n}}
* Old Prussian: {{tt|prg|malnīks}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|саби}}
* Pali: {{tt|pi|dārako|m}}
*: Devanagari: {{tt|pi|दारको|m}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|mucha}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|ماشوم|m|tr=māšum}}, {{t-check|ps|کوچنۍ|tr=kučnəy}}
* Pennsylvania German: {{tt|pdc|Kind|n}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|بَچِّه|tr=bačče}}, {{tt+|fa|بَچِه|tr=bače}}, {{tt+|fa|کودَک|tr=kudak}}, {{tt+|fa|فَرزَنْد|tr=farzand}}, {{tt+check|fa|کُر|tr=kor}}
* Pijin: {{t|pis|pikinini}}
* Pirahã: {{t|myp|tiobáhai}}
* Pite Sami: {{tt|sje|mánná}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{tt|pjt|tjitji}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt+|pdt|Kjint|n}}
* Polabian: {{tt|pox|våtrük|m}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dziecko|n}}, {{tt+|pl|dziecię|n}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|filho|m}}, {{tt+|pt|filha|f}}, {{tt+|pt|criança|f}}
* Punjabi: {{tt|pa|ਬੱਚਾ}}, {{t|pa|ਬੱਚਾ|m|f|tr=baccā}}
* Quechua: {{tt+|qu|wamra}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|fiu|m}}, {{tt+|ro|fiică|f}}, {{tt+|ro|copil|m}}, {{tt+|ro|copilă|f}},
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|uffant|m}}, {{tt|rm|affon|m}}, {{tt|rm|unfànt|m}}, {{tt|rm|unfant|m}}, {{tt|rm|iffaunt|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ребёнок|m}}, {{tt+|ru|дитя́|n}}, {{tt+|ru|ча́до|n}} {{qualifier|archaic, humorous}}
* Saek: {{tt|skb|แด๊ก}}
* Saho: {{t|ssy|awka}}
* Samogitian: {{tt|sgs|vāks|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|शिशु|m}}, {{tt+|sa|बालक|m}}, {{tt+|sa|जात|m|n}}
* Santali: {{tt|sat|ᱜᱳᱱ}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|bairn}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|pàisde|m}}, {{tt|gd|leanabh|m}}
* Seraiki: {{tt+|skr|ٻال}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|де́те|n}}, {{tt|sh|дије́те|n}}, {{tt|sh|че̏до|n}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|déte|n}}, {{tt+|sh|dijéte|n}}, {{tt+|sh|čȅdo|n}}
* Shan: {{tt+|shn|လုၵ်ႈ}}
* Sikkimese: {{t-needed|sip}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|dziycio}}
* Sindhi: {{tt+|sd|ٻار|tr=ḇāru|alt=ٻارُ}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt+|si|ළමයා}}
* Skolt Sami: {{tt|sms|päärnaž}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|dieťa|n}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|otrok|m}}, {{tt+|sl|dete|n}}
* Somali: {{t+|so|ilmo}}, {{tt|so|caruur}}, {{tt|so|canug}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|źiśe|n}}, {{tt|dsb|góle|n}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt+|hsb|dźěćo}}
* Sotho: {{tt+|st|ngwana}}
* Southern Amami-Oshima: {{tt|ams|warabɨ}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|hijo|m}}, {{tt+|es|hija|f}}, {{tt+|es|niño|m}}, {{tt+|es|niña|f}}
* Sundanese: {{tt|su|murangkalih}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mtoto}}, {{tt+|sw|mwana}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|barn|n}}
* Sylheti: {{tt|syl|ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ}}, {{tt|syl|ꠢꠥꠞꠥꠔꠣ}}
* Tabaru: {{t|tby|ngowaka}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|anak}}
* Tai Dam: {{tt|blt|ꪩꪴꪀ}}
* Tai Nüa: {{tt|tdd|ᥘᥧᥐ}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|кӯдак|}}
* Talysh: {{qualifier|Anbarani}} {{tt|tly|باله|tr=bâla}}, {{qualifier|Asalemi}} {{tt|tly|خردن|tr=xərdan}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|குழந்தை}}, {{tt+|ta|மக}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|ȕʼúna}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|бала|}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|anak}}, {{t|tsg|bata}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|పాప}}
* Ternate: {{t|tft|ngofa}}
* Tetum: {{tt|tet|labarik}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ลูก}}, {{tt+|th|เด็ก}}, {{tt|th|ศิศุ}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ཕྲུ་གུ}}, {{tt|bo|ཨ་བ}}
* Tidore: {{t|tvo|ngofa}}
* Tigrinya: {{tt|ti|ሕጻን}}, {{tt|ti|ቆልዓ}}
* Tok Pisin: {{tt|tpi|pikinini}}
* Tumbuka: {{t|tum|mwana}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çocuk}}, {{t+|tr|evlat}} {{qualifier|one's own  child}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|çaga}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|уруг}}
* Ugaritic: {{tt|uga|𐎊𐎍𐎄}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|дити́на|f}}, {{tt|uk|дитя́|n}}, {{tt|uk|дитя́тко|n}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|بَچَّہ|m}}, {{qualifier|son}} {{tt+|ur|بیٹا|m}}, {{qualifier|daughter}} {{tt|ur|بیٹی|f}}
* Uyghur: {{tt+|ug|بالا}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|bola}}
* Veps: {{tt|vep|laps'}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|đứa bé}}, {{tt|vi|đứa trẻ}}, {{tt+|vi|con}} (one's child)
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{tt+|vo|cil}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt+|vo|hicil}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt+|vo|jicil}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{tt+|vo|son|}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt+|vo|daut}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{tt|vo|jison}}, {{qualifier|collective}} {{tt|vo|cilef}}
* Votic: {{tt|vot|lahsi}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|efant|m}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|plentyn|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt+|fy|bern|n}}
* Wolof: {{tt+|wo|xale}}, {{tt|wo|gune}}
* Wutunhua: {{tt|wuh|galamala}}
* Xârâcùù: {{t|ane|xûûchî}}
* Xhosa: {{tt|xh|umntwana}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|оҕо}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|קינד|n}}
* Yoruba: {{tt|yo|èwe}}, {{tt|yo|ọmọ}}, {{t|yo|ọmọdé}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|paal}}, {{t|yua|aal}}
* Zande: {{t|zne|gude}}
* Zazaki: {{tt+|zza|qeç}}, {{tt|zza|tut}}, {{tt|zza|lorek}}, {{t+|zza|doman}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|kind|n}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|lwg}}, {{tt|za|lwgnyez}}
* Zulu: {{tt+|zu|umntwana|c1|c2}}, {{tt+|zu|ingane|c9|c10}}
* ǃXóõ: {{tt|nmn|ʘqa̰a}}
}}
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{{trans-top|a minor}}{{multitrans|data=
* 'Are'are: {{t|alu|wera}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|kind}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|fëmijë|n}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|طِفْل|m}}, {{tt|ar|طِفْلَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|عيل|m|tr=ʕayyel}}, {{tt|arz|طفل|m|tr=ṭefl}} {{q|infant}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{tt|afb|بزر|m|tr=bazer}}
*: Iraqi Arabic: {{tt|acm|جاهل|m|tr=jāhel}}
*: Lebanese Arabic: {{tt|apc|وَلَد|m|tr=walad}}, {{tt|arz|صبي|m|tr=ṣabi}} {{qualifier|boy/son}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{tt|ary|درّي|m|tr=derri}}
*: North Mesopotamian Arabic: {{tt|ayp|عجي|m|tr=ʕeji}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|երեխա}}, {{tt+|hy|մանուկ}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|neñu|m}}, {{tt|ast|ñeñu|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|uşaq}}, {{tt+|az|bala}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|چک|tr=cukk}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|бала|}}
* Breton: {{tt|br|minor|m}}, {{tt|br|minored|p}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|дете́|n}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ကလေး}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|nen}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt+|yue|細路|tr=sai3 lou6}}, {{tt+|yue|細蚊仔|tr=sai3 man1 zai2}}, {{tt|yue|細路哥|tr=sai3 lou6 go1}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|囡仔|tr=gín-á}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|小孩|tr=xiǎohái}}, {{tt+|cmn|小孩子|tr=xiǎoháizi}}, {{tt+|cmn|孩子|tr=háizi}}, {{tt+|cmn|小孩兒|tr=xiǎoháir}}
*: Teochew: {{tt|nan-tws|孥囝|tr=nou5 gian2}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|bala}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|dítě|n}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|barn|n}}, {{tt+|da|børn|p}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|kind|n}}
* Esperanto: {{qualifier|male or female}} {{tt+|eo|infano}}, {{qualifier|male}} {{tt|eo|virinfano}}, {{qualifier|female}} {{tt|eo|infanino}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|laps}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|ɖevi}}
* Fijian: {{tt+|fj|gone}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|lapsi}}, {{tt+|fi|alaikäinen}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|enfant|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|ბავშვი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Kind|n}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|παιδί|n}}, {{tt+|el|ανήλικος|m}}
* Gujarati: {{tt+|gu|બાળક}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|keiki}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|יֶלֶד|m|tr=yéled}}, {{tt|he|יַלְדָּה|f|tr=yaldá}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|बच्चा|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बच्ची|f}}, {{tt+|hi|शिशु|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बचा|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बालक|m}}, {{tt+|hi|बालकी|f}}, {{tt+|hi|बालिका|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|gyerek}}, {{tt+|hu|gyermek}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|barn}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|puero}}, {{tt+|io|infanto}}
* Interlingua: {{tt+|ia|infante}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|páiste|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|bambino|m}}, {{tt+|it|bambina|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|子供|tr=こども, kodomo}}, {{tt+|ja|子|tr=こ, ko}}, {{tt+|ja|未成年|tr=みせいねん, miseinen}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|어린이}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|بچووک}}, {{tt|ckb|مناڵ}}, {{tt+|ckb|منداڵ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|zarok|m|f}}, {{t+|kmr|biçûk|m|f}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|bārns|m}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|praetextatus|m}}, {{tt|la|impubes|c}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|bērns|m}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|аял|}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|vaikas|m}}
* Livonian: {{tt|liv|läpš}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|дете|n}}
* Malagasy: {{tt+|mg|zaza}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|tifla}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|child}}, {{tt|enm|barn}}, {{tt|enm|gerle}}
* Mwani: {{tt|wmw|kisimana}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{tt|nay|porli}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|êfant|m|f}}, {{tt|nrf|avé|m}}, {{tt|nrf|mousse|m|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|barn|n}} {{tt+|nb|mindreårig|m}}
* Nupe: {{t|nup|dzánkàn}}
* Old English: {{tt+|ang|ċild}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|بچه|tr=bačče, bače}}, {{tt+|fa|کودک|tr=kudak}}, {{tt+|fa|بچ}} {{qualifier|dialectal}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dziecko|n}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|criança|f}}, {{tt+|pt|menino|m}}, {{tt+|pt|menina|f}}, {{tt+|pt|miúdo|m}} {{qualifier|Portugal}}
* Potawatomi: {{tt|pot|penoje}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਬੱਚਾ|m|f|tr=baccā}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|copil|m}}, {{tt+|ro|copilă|f}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|uffant|m}}, {{tt|rm|affon|m}}, {{tt|rm|unfànt|m}}, {{tt|rm|unfant|m}}, {{tt|rm|iffaunt|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|ребёнок|m}}, {{tt+|ru|дитя́|n}}
* Samogitian: {{tt|sgs|vāks|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|शिशु|tr=śíśu}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{tt|stq|Bäiden}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|bairn}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|pàisde|m}}, {{tt|gd|leanabh|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|otrok|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|źiśe|n}}, {{tt|dsb|góle|n}}
* South Efate: {{t|erk|tesa}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|niño|m}}, {{tt+|es|niña|f}}, {{tt+|es|infante|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|mtoto}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|barn}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|bata}}
* Tok Pisin: {{tt|tpi|pikinini}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çocuk}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|дити́на|f}}, {{tt|uk|дитя́|n}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|بچہ|m|tr=baccā}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|đứa bé}}, {{tt|vi|đứa trẻ}}
* Welsh: {{tt|cy|plentyn dan oed}}
* West Frisian: {{tt+|fy|bern|n}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|קינד}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ọmọdé}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|paal}}
* Zazaki: {{tt+|zza|qeç}}, {{t+|zza|doman}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|lwgnyez}}
* Zulu: {{tt+|zu|umntwana|c1|c2}}, {{tt+|zu|ingane|c9|c10}}
}}
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{{trans-top|(''figuratively'') things or abstractions derived from or caused by something}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|member of a tribe, a people or a race of beings}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|övlad}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|бала|}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|בן|m|tr=ben}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-top|(''computing'') object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another object}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|仔|tr=zai2}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dcera|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kind|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|lapsiobjekti}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შვილობილი}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απότοκος|m}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|barn}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|子|tr=こ, ko}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|barn|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|filho|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|доче́рний}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mwana}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|barn}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|con}} {{qualifier|only attributively}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''mathematics'') subordinate node}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|ido}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|krouadur|m}}, {{qualifier|young child}} {{t+check|br|-ien}}
* Guaraní: {{t-check|gn|mitã'i}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|anak}}, {{t+check|id|bocah}}
* Interlingua: {{t+check|ia|infante}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|어린이|}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+check|kmr|zarrok}}
* Maltese: {{t-check|mt|iben}}, {{t+check|mt|tifel}}
* Persian: {{t+check|fa|بَچِّه|tr=bačče}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|pitanga}}
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====See also====
* {{l|en|orling}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|childen}}, from the noun {{m|enm|child}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|archaic|ambitransitive}} To [[give birth]]; to [[beget]] or [[procreate]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|year=1596.2|book=VI|canto=XII|stanza=17|page=512|passage= My liefe (ſayd ſhe) ye know, that long ygo, <br> Whileſt ye in durance dwelt, ye to me gaue <br> A little mayde, the which ye '''chylded''' tho&nbsp;; <br> The ſame againe if now ye liſt to haue, <br> The ſame is yonder Lady, whom high God did ſaue.}}
#* {{RQ:Tasso Fairfax Godfrey of Bulloigne|18|stanza=26|320|And from his fertill hollow wombe forth ran, <br> (Clad in rare weedes and ſtrange habiliment) <br> A Nymph, for age able to goe to man, <br> An hundreth plants beſide (euen in his ſight) <br> '''Childed''' an hundreth Nymphes, ſo great, ſo dight:{{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare King Lear Q1|act=III|scene=v|passage={{...}}But then the mind much ſufferance doth or'e ſcip, <br> When griefe hath mates,&ZeroWidthSpace;and bearing fellowſhip&nbsp;: <br> How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, <br> When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow, <br> He '''childed''' as I fathered,&ZeroWidthSpace;''Tom'' away, <br> Marke the high noyſes and thy ſelfe bewray,{{...}}}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|to give birth|give birth}}

===Further reading===
* ''[http://m-w.com/dictionary/child Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary]'' (accessed November 2007).
* ''[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/child American Heritage Dictionary]'', Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company (2003).

[[Category:English nouns with irregular plurals]]
[[Category:en:Age]]
[[Category:en:Children]]
[[Category:en:Family members]]
[[Category:en:People]]

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|chyld|chylde|childe|chelde|cild}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|ċild}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kelþaz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/t͡ʃiːld/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|pl=children|pl2=childre|pl3=child|pl4=childres}}

# A [[baby]], [[infant]], [[toddler]]; a person in [[infancy]].
# A {{l|en|child}}, [[kid]]; a young person.
# An [[offspring]], one of one's [[progeny]].
# A [[childish]] or [[stupid]] [[individual]].
# {{lb|enm|Chrisitanity}} The [[Christ child]]; [[Jesus]] as a {{l|en|child}}.
# {{lb|enm|figurative}} A member of a creed {{q|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====
{{rel4|enm|
|child bed
|childberyng
|childen
|Childermasse day
|childhode
|childing
|childissh
|childles
|childly
|childwyte
|knave child
|stepchild
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|child}}
* {{desc|sco|child}}; {{l|sco|chield}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=chīld|pos=n|id=MED7559 |accessdate=2018-04-23}}

[[Category:enm:Babies]]
[[Category:enm:Children]]
[[Category:enm:Family]]
[[Category:enm:Nobility]]
[[Category:enm:People]]