English

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Etymology

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Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (pertaining to an infant), equivalent to infant +‎ -ile, from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.[1]

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infantile (comparative more infantile, superlative most infantile)

  1. Pertaining to infants.
    infantile paralysis
  2. Childish; immature.
    Synonyms: juvenile, puerile; see also Thesaurus:childish

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “infantile”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fɑ̃.til/
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infantile (plural infantiles)

  1. infantile

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin īnfantilis.

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  • IPA(key): /in.fanˈti.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: in‧fan‧tì‧le

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infantile (plural infantili)

  1. infantile (relating to children or babies)
  2. infantile puerile, childish, babyish
    Synonym: puerile

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Further reading

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  • infantile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Swedish

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Adjective

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infantile

  1. definite natural masculine singular of infantil