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Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
Jack Henry Abbott

Meaning of "infant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INFANT

From Latin infāns, literally: speechless, from in-1 + fārī to speak.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INFANT

infant  [ˈɪnfənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infant can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INFANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Infant

An infant is the very young offspring of a human or animal. When applied to humans, the term is usually considered synonymous with baby or bairn, but the latter is commonly applied to the young of any animal. When a human child learns to walk, the term toddler may be used instead. The term infant is typically applied to young children between the ages of 1 month and 12 months; however, definitions may vary between birth and 1 year of age, or even between birth and 2 years of age. A newborn is an infant who is only hours, days, or up to a few weeks old. In medical contexts, newborn or neonate refers to an infant in the first 28 days after birth; the term applies to premature infants, postmature infants, and full term infants. Before birth, the term fetus is used.

Definition of infant in the English dictionary

The first definition of infant in the dictionary is a child at the earliest stage of its life; baby. Other definition of infant is a young schoolchild, usually under the age of seven. Infant is also a person who is beginning or inexperienced in an activity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFANT


elephant
ˈɛlɪfənt
Oliphant
ˈɒlɪfənt
recent
ˈriːsənt
relevant
ˈrɛlɪvənt
replacement
rɪˈpleɪsmənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
solvent
ˈsɒlvənt
statement
ˈsteɪtmənt
student
ˈstjuːdənt
subsequent
ˈsʌbsɪkwənt
sycophant
ˈsɪkəfənt
talent
ˈtælənt
torrent
ˈtɒrənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt
transparent
trænsˈpærənt
treatment
ˈtriːtmənt
triumphant
traɪˈʌmfənt
Vincent
ˈvɪnsənt
wasn´t
ˈwɒzənt
wouldn´t
ˈwʊdənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFANT

infangthief
infant carrier
infant class
infant education
infant mortality
infant mortality rate
infant prodigy
infant school
infant welfare clinic
infanta
infante
infanteer
infanthood
infanticidal
infanticide
infantile
infantile paralysis
infantilisation
infantilise
infantilism

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFANT

ant
assistant
bouffant
brilliant
cant
constant
consultant
elegant
enfant
giant
grant
important
instant
irrelevant
meant
on the instant
pendant
plant
restaurant
want

Synonyms and antonyms of infant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INFANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «infant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of infant

Translation of «infant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFANT

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

Translator English - Chinese

婴儿/幼儿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

niño (pequeño)
570 millions of speakers

English

infant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शिशु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرضع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

младенческой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bebê
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিশু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tout-petit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bayi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Säugling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幼児
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bayi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trẻ sơ sinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्भक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bebek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bambino piccolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niemowlę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

малюкової
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

copil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βρέφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

baba
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spädbarn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spedbarn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFANT»

The term «infant» is very widely used and occupies the 2.083 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «infant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «infant» 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 infant

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10 QUOTES WITH «INFANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word infant.
1
Jack Henry Abbott
Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
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Lucy Alibar
My grandmother had six kids - one died as an infant - and she was dirt-poor, and all her kids got an education. And my mom grew up poor. And they both worked so hard and cultivated so much of their own happiness. I wanted to have that like an amulet. Not like armor, but like a magic feather. Like Dumbo's magic feather.
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Gordon W. Allport
The primary problem in the psychology of becoming is to account for the transformation by which the unsocialized infant becomes an adult with structured loves, hates, loyalties, and interests, capable of taking his place in a complexly ordered society.
4
Tammy Baldwin
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
5
Mayim Bialik
The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.
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Mary Kay Blakely
The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.
7
Jane Chen
I believe the only way we'll be able to solve infant mortality - and other huge social problems - is by designing solutions for those with the greatest intent to carry it out.
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Jane Chen
Embrace's infant warmers are a novel solution. The product has been designed specifically for resource-constrained settings.
9
Ezekiel Emanuel
The death of a 20-year-old woman is intuitively worse than that of a 2-month-old girl, even though the baby has had less life. The 20-year-old has a much more developed personality than the infant, and has drawn upon the investment of others to begin as-yet-unfulfilled projects.
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Stephen Fry
When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFANT»

Discover the use of infant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Infant Motor Development
This text is useful for students studying motor development and motor behaviour, and also for motor development, motor behaviour, and early childhood specialists.
Jan P. Piek, 2006
2
Infant Tongues: The Voice of the Child in Literature
This work examines the representation of children in literature from the Renaissance to the present.
Elizabeth Goodenough, Mark A. Heberle, Naomi B. Sokoloff, 1994
3
The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View from ...
"This dazzling book represents a truly original, perhaps revolutionary contribution to psychodynamic theory and practice".--Arnold Cooper, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Notes, Diagrams/Charts and Index.
Daniel N. Stern, 1998
4
Infant Development
The book provides detailed up to date and authoritative accounts of major areas of infant development.
Alan Slater, J. Gavin Bremner, 1989
5
Infant Respiratory Function Testing
Designed to fill the urgent need to standardize measures of infant lung function, understand what these tests measure and be able to use them easily and extensively in the prevention and treatment of respiratory illnesses which remain among ...
Janet Stocks, 1996
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Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health ...
This handbook is the first of its kind to bring together the several new diagnostic and assessment approaches for working with infant and toddler mental health. (Midwest).
Rebecca DelCarmen-Wiggins, Alice S. Carter, 2004
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Delmar's Maternal-infant Nursing Care Plans
Delmar's Maternal-Infant Nursing Care Plans, 2nd edition, provides detailed information on caring for clients during pregnancy, labor and delivery, the postpartum period, and the newborn/infant period.
Karla L. Luxner, 2005
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Childrearing and Infant Care Issues: A Cross-cultural ...
In this volume, the authors bring together salient issues regarding cultural beliefs and practices and social issues regarding infant care and child-rearing and infant feeding practices as well as early motherhood in different societies.
Pranee Liamputtong, 2007
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Infant Figures: The Death of the Infans and Other Scenes of ...
'"--Elisabeth Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara "In blending theoretical acumen with literary sensibility, Christopher Fynsk's volume makes an important contribution to the timely and ethical project of thinking otherwise than ...
Christopher Fynsk, 2000
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Developments in Infant Observation: The Tavistock Model
Twelve contributors bring academic theories relating to child development to life in this revealing study. Areas covered include: intergenerational child-rearing, nurture and nature, and the origins of emotional disturbance.
Susan Reid, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plainfield man gets 34 years in 2008 beating death of infant - Daily …
At trial, prosecutors argued that Loza struck the 8-month-old infant 31 times. His injuries included a fracture that ran from the front to the back of ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Police: Suspect dropped, fell on infant during foot chase
Police have charged a man with a long list of crimes after a foot chase in which he allegedly first dropped and then fell on a 6-week-old infant. «WLS-TV, Jul 15»
3
New infant intensive care unit at Northridge Hospital - Daily News
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) packed with state-of-the-art equipment ... «LA Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Infant mortality project explains funding request | The Columbus …
After Franklin County commissioners tabled CelebrateOne's funding request on Tuesday, the group explained its plans to use more than ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
5
Roanoke woman pleads guilty in drowning death of infant daughter …
Just hours later, at 8 p.m., Underwood's infant daughter Charlie — pulled unresponsive from a filled bathtub — was dead. A medical examiner ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
6
'warning shot' near an infant - Naples Daily News
A fight at a Golden Gate Estates home Thursday ended in the arrest of one man who fired a warning shot near an infant. Jonathan Luis Blas, 24 ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
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Cops: Mom left infant in car twice in one day | HLNtv.com
Hiroko Kurihara, 46, is accused of leaving her 4-month-old infant inside of an SUV with the windows rolled up while she was at the gym; Police ... «HLNtv.com, Jul 15»
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Father arrested for allegedly getting "rough" with his infant daughter
After an investigation, court paper indicate that on July 15, the infant's father made a statement saying that he had become frustrated with her ... «KXXV News Channel 25, Jul 15»
9
Buffalo woman accused of striking infant during argument - City …
A Buffalo woman is accused of striking an infant Thursday afternoon during an altercation with another woman on the East Side, police reported ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
10
Father convicted of killing infant testifies in new trial hearing | Crime …
Mike Haskey mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com Albert Debelbot and Carrie Sperling, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin and ... «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Jul 15»

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