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'The Quiet Ones' was my first film, let alone my first horror film, and I had so much fun. I had such a laugh, every single day. I look like such a feral child in it.
Olivia Cooke

Meaning of "feral child" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FERAL CHILD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FERAL CHILD

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Feral child 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 FERAL CHILD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

feral child

Feral child

A feral child is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, and has no experience of human care, loving or social behavior, and crucially, of human language. Some feral children have been confined by people where in some cases, this child abandonment was due to the parents’ rejection of a child’s severe intellectual or physical impairment. Feral children may have experienced severe child abuse or trauma before being abandoned or running away. Feral children are sometimes the subjects of folklore and legends, typically portrayed as having been raised by animals.

Definition of feral child in the English dictionary

The definition of feral child in the dictionary is a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FERAL CHILD

fer-de-lance
feracious
feracity
feral
feralized
ferbam
Ferdinand
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand III
Ferdinand V
Ferdinand VII
fere
feretories
feretory

WORDS THAT END LIKE FERAL CHILD

brainchild
child
exceptional child
foster child
godchild
grandchild
great-grandchild
inner child
Kriemhild
love child
man-child
moonchild
only child
poster child
Rothschild
school-age child
schoolchild
stepchild
street child
wild child
with child

Synonyms and antonyms of feral child in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «feral child» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FERAL CHILD

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

Translator English - Chinese

野性的孩子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

niño salvaje
570 millions of speakers

English

feral child
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जंगली बच्चे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطفل وحشي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дикий ребенок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

criança feral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষতিকারক শিশু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enfant sauvage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anak kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wolfskind
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

野生児
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

야생 아이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Feral child
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đứa trẻ hoang dã
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருவுற்ற குழந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंगलयुक्त बाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Vahşi çocuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bambino selvaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Feral dziecko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дикий дитина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

copil sălbatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άγριους παιδί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wilde kind
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vilt barn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feral barn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feral child

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FERAL CHILD»

The term «feral child» is normally little used and occupies the 130.296 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FERAL CHILD» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «FERAL CHILD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word feral child.
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Olivia Cooke
'The Quiet Ones' was my first film, let alone my first horror film, and I had so much fun. I had such a laugh, every single day. I look like such a feral child in it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FERAL CHILD»

Discover the use of feral child in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feral child and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Feral Child
Maddy is fed-up.
Che Golden, 2011
2
The Unicorn Hunter: Sequel to The Feral Child
The adults of Blarney have always lived in fear.
Che Golden, 2013
3
The Feral Child
Uma Styles. Dr. Larson was shaking his head, annoyed. Jonathan was looking daggers at Jake. Most of the group was staring at Jake with jaws dropped. However, George was shaking with anger. He stood up and slammed his wrists on the ...
Uma Styles, 2009
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Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children
He tells the story of a savage girl lost on the streets of Paris, of two children brought up by wolves in the jungles of India, and of a Los Angeles girl who emerged from thirteen years locked in a room to international celebrity.
Michael Newton, 2014
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Genie: A Scientific Tragedy
The compelling story of a young woman's emergence into the world after spending her first 13 years strapped to a chair, and her rescue and exploitation by scientists hoping to gain new insight into language acquisition.
Russ Rymer, 1994
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The Wild Boy of Aveyron
A feral child commonly shows little or no attachment to human beings . . . Idiots rank low in scores for affection . . . Feral man is said to walk on all fours ... It would probably be most correct to state that many wild children cannot walk upright.
Harlan Lane, 1976
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Feral Child
Feral children may have experienced severe child abuse or trauma before being abandoned or running away. Others are alleged to have been brought up by animals; some are said to have lived in the wild on their own.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Feral Child
Every autumn Aaron journeys into the forest to find his sister who was carried away by wolves years before.
Eric Sundell, 1971
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Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the ...
Narratives. If being a "man" is part of a complex cultural process involving but also exceeding the body, feral-child narratives offer a particularly rich starting point for this study. By definition, such narratives are fascinating, with human- animal, ...
Peter Lehman, 2007
10
The Music of Dolphins
After rescuing an adolescent girl from the sea, researchers learn she has been raised by dolphins and attempt to rehabilitate her to the human world.
Karen Hesse, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FERAL CHILD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feral child is used in the context of the following news items.
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My Love is Cool
London four-piece Wolf Alice got their name from a 1979 short story by Angela Carter. In the story, a feral child, left in the care of a lonely ... «Under the Radar Mag, Jul 15»
2
Portland woman takes extraordinary path to Yale
... VALDEZ - Ten years ago, Frances Fagan was paralyzed on her Frances Fagan will admit right off the bat that she is a “feral child of hippies.”. «Portland Tribune, Jul 15»
3
PM David Cameron could soon be quenching his thirst with …
It's name comes from Peter the Wild Boy - a feral child found by George I, who lived his life out in Northchurch and is buried in the village's St ... «Hemel Gazette, Jun 15»
4
Wolf Alice: My Love Is Cool
“You can join us if you're a feral child! Our love is cool!”. It's sweet and smiley but you'll be wise to sleep with one eye open. Remember kids ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
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The illusion of airport safety
... I don't have to listen to loud talkers behind me, there's no feral child kicking my seat the entire way, no fat guy sits next to me and encroaches ... «Frederick News Post, Jun 15»
6
Steven Universe: “We Need To Talk”
Was Amethyst so close to being a feral child? (Actually pretty easy to believe.) More importantly—was Pearl really so mean to him? In case it ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jun 15»
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A World of Fire and Blood Part 3: THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS and …
Let me tell you something, one feral child that cracks someone's head open with a boomerang is pretty cool. A bunch of kids that are essentially ... «Panels on Pages, Jun 15»
8
Pixar Releases 'The Good Dinosaur' Teaser
... never suffered an asteroid-induced mass extinction, as the trailer explains — and the dog is a feral child who learns how to become a human. «Cartoon Brew, Jun 15»
9
What Would 'The Wild Thornberrys' Family Be Like IRL?
Donnie is a four-year-old feral child who is taken in by a group of orangutans as a toddler after his parents are killed by poachers. At the age of ... «MTV.com, May 15»
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'No One's Child' ('Nicije dete'): Film Review
The folkloric figure of the feral child raised by wild animals has a long screen history, from Tarzan and Mowgli to the animalistic anti-hero of ... «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»

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