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Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (pertaining to an infant), 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
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess[1]:
      Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.
  2. Childish; immature.

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “infantile”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French Edit

Pronunciation Edit

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

  1. infantile

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Italian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin īnfantilis.

Pronunciation Edit

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

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infantile

  1. definite natural masculine singular of infantil