Infant Definition

ĭnfənt
infants
noun
infants
A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.
American Heritage Medicine
A very young child; baby.
A chimpanzee infant.
Webster's New World
A person in the state of legal infancy; minor.
Webster's New World
A very young nonhuman mammal, especially a primate.
American Heritage Medicine

A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.

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adjective
Of or for infants or infancy.
Webster's New World
Intended for infants or young children.
American Heritage Medicine
In a very early stage.
Webster's New World
Newly begun or formed.
An infant enterprise.
American Heritage
verb

(obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

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Other Word Forms of Infant

Noun

Singular:
infant
Plural:
infants

Origin of Infant

  • Middle English from Old French enfant from Latin īnfāns īnfant- from īnfāns not able to speak, young in- not in–1 fāns present participle of fārī to speak bhā-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source.

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