children

English

Children.

Alternative forms

• childer (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English children, alteration of earlier childre (“children”), from Old English ċildru, ċildra (“children”), plural of ċild (“child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/, X-SAMPA: /"tSIldr\@n/

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• Hyphenation: child‧ren

Noun

children

1. Plural form of child

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: thee · hope · er · #318: children · English · sure · indeed