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enfant

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfantem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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enfant m or f by sense (plural enfants)

  1. child (someone who is not yet an adult)
  2. child (offspring of any age)
  3. son, native (of a place)
    enfant de Paris ― Paris native
    enfant des États-Unis ― native of the United States
    enfant du pays ― native of the country

Usage notes

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Rarely used as a feminine noun.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Saint Dominican Creole French: z'enfant

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French enfant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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enfant m (plural enfanz)

  1. child

Descendants

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Occitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.

Noun

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enfant m (plural enfants)

  1. child
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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāntem, accusative singular of īnfāns. The nominative form enfes derives from the Latin nominative form īnfāns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (early) /ẽnˈfãnt/, (late) /ãnˈfãnt/ (after lowering of nasalized vowels)

Noun

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enfant oblique singular, m (oblique plural enfanz, nominative singular enfes, nominative plural enfant)

  1. child
    • 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 8, column 1, line 28:
      totes les puceles & trestuit li enfant
      All the young women and all the children
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Descendants

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