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For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.
John Crowe Ransom

Meaning of "enfant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENFANT

enfant  [ɑ̃fɑ̃] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENFANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Enfant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENFANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of enfant in the English dictionary

The definition of enfant in the dictionary is a French child.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENFANT

enface
enfacement
enfant sauvage
enfant terrible
enfants sauvages
enfants terribles
enfeeble
enfeebled
enfeeblement
enfeebler
enfelon
enfeoff
enfeoffment
enfested
enfetter
enfever
Enfield
Enfield rifle
enfierce
enfilade

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENFANT

assistant
bouffant
cant
constant
consultant
elegant
giant
grant
important
infant
instant
irrelevant
meant
on the instant
pendant
plant
relevant
restaurant
significant
want

Synonyms and antonyms of enfant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «enfant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENFANT

Find out the translation of enfant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of enfant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «enfant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

儿童剧团
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfant
570 millions of speakers

English

enfant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Enfant
380 millions of speakers
ar

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الشقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Enfant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enfant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

enfant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enfant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Enfant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

enfant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ランファン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

앙팡
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Enfant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Enfant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

enfant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Enfant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

enfant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

enfant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

enfant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Enfant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

enfant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

enfant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

enfant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enfant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

enfant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enfant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENFANT»

The term «enfant» is very widely used and occupies the 1.848 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENFANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «enfant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «enfant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about enfant

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QUOTES WITH «ENFANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enfant.
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John Crowe Ransom
For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENFANT»

Discover the use of enfant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enfant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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L'Enfant's Legacy: Public Open Spaces in Washington,
Many American democratic ideals are embodied in the public spaces of its cities, especially in Washington, D.C. In L'Enfant's Legacy architect and scholar Michael Bednar explores the public spaces of the nation's capital, examining the ...
Michael Bednar, 2006
2
Worthy of the Nation: Washington, DC, from L'Enfant to the ...
Now the story has been brought up to the present, tracing the first thirty years of home rule for the District through the completion of the National Museum of the American Indian and the World War II Memorial in the early twenty-first ...
United States. National Capital Planning Commission, Frederick Gutheim, Antoinette J. Lee, 2006
3
Enfant Terrible!: Jerry Lewis in American Film
This is a comprehensive collection devoted to one of the most controversial and accomplished figures in 20th century American cinema.
Murray Pomerance, 2002
4
Napoleon's Enfant Terrible: General Dominique Vandamme
In this first book-length study of Vandamme in English, John G. Gallaher traces the career of one of Napoleon's most successful midrank officers.
John G. Gallaher, 2008
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Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the ...
Filled with incredible characters and passionate human drama, Scott W. Berg’s deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his ...
Scott W. Berg, 2009
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Enfant Terrible
Brought to you by the minds at Penmen Elite and based on the dark short story poems of Heinrich Hoffmann, the epic adventure of enfant TERRIBLE centers around nine young children who fight to find their way back home after being abducted ...
Tomasso Brothers, 2010
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The Black Cloth: A Collection of African Folktales
L'ENFANT. TERRIBLE. Once upon a rime all the animals lived together in a village of their own, not far from the village of men. And since the men and the animals understood each other, there never was war between them. But there was a ...
Bernard Binlin Dadié, 1987
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L'Enfant de Trois a Ansept ANS
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Bernard Perez, 2008
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The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in ...
According to L'Enfant, he directed Carroll to remove the house, and when this was not done he ordered his workmen to demolish it. He did not consult the commissioners on the matter, although he did report to them the action he had taken.
John William Reps, 1965
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Pastoral Cities: Urban Ideals and the Symbolic Landscape of ...
240 59 L'Enfant to Jefferson, 11 March 1791, in Saul K. Padover, ed., Thomas jefferson and the National Capital (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1946), p. 47; L'Enfant to Hamilton quoted in Elizabeth S. Kite, L'Enfant and Washington, 1 791-1792 ...
James L. Machor, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENFANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enfant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Edison teacher fired after lewd chat mocking special ed students
... Advance Media via an Open Public Records Act request, is 151 pages long, much of which portrays Van Pelt as the district's enfant terrible. «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Metro Reaches 'Milestone' On Financial Controls Imposed By FTA
... retirement took affect four days after the Jan. 12 L'Enfant Plaza smoke disaster, and Metro's Jack Requa has been the interim leader since. «WAMU 88.5, Jul 15»
3
Children freed from Prey Speu after MP visit
The other NGO involved, Pour un Sourire d'Enfant, said it had not been asked to take in anyone from Prey Speu. While some inmates were ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
4
Planning a Metrorail trip? Don't rely on the train schedule
On June 29, I planned to catch the 3:17 p.m. Yellow Line train from L'Enfant Plaza to the Pentagon, then an AT3 DASH bus to Park Fairfax at ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Bastille Day Party in NoMa to Feature 'French Maid Relay Race …
Held for the past 10 years at L'Enfant Cafe, the party at the beer garden will feature champagne, crepes, a “French Maid Relay Race” and ... «Hill Now, Jul 15»
6
Bad Metaphor Watch: The Tragedy of the Greek Crisis Edition
Blogging enfant terrible Zero Hedge, a caustic observer of high finance, pondered who is the winner of the “Greek tragedy,” concluding it's ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
7
Un enfant de 11 ans porté disparu dans un lac près de Cannes
Un enfant danois de 11 ans, qui jouait sur un pédalo lundi après-midi sur un lac près de Cannes, a chuté dans le plan d'eau et était toujours ... «TF1, Jul 15»
8
«L'intérêt de l'enfant, pas assez protégé»
Le «Child Protection Act» (CPA) considère un enfant comme une personne de moins de 18 ans. Selon le code pénal, la majorité sexuelle est à ... «L'express.mu, Jul 15»
9
Enfant Terrible, Movistar and Low Noise 11 are 2015 ORC World …
Alberto Rossi's TP 52 Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines from Italy was under pressure today, with a slim two-point lead over rival Marco Serafini's ... «BYM News, Jul 15»
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Damien Hirst and the art of building a £150milllion property empire …
Damien Hirst is no stranger to extravagance. But the former enfant terrible of British art, who famously created a platinum skull encrusted with ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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