infantile

English

Etymology

Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis "pertaining to an infant," from Latin infans. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.[1]

Adjective

infantile (comparative more infantile, superlative most infantile)

1. Pertaining to infants.

   infantile paralysis

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess‎^[2]:

     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.

Synonyms

• (childish): puerile

Derived terms

• infantilely
• infantilise

Translations

pertaining to infants

• Bulgarian: детски (bg) (detski)
• Catalan: infantil (ca)
• German: infantil (de), kindisch (de), albern (de)
• Hebrew: ילדותי‎ (he) (yalduti) m, ילדותית‎ f (yaldutith)

• Italian: infantile (it)
• Polish: dziecięcy (pl)

childish; immature

• Bulgarian: детински (bg) (detinski), инфантилен (bg) (infantilen)
• Catalan: infantil (ca)
• Czech: infantilní (cs), dětinský (cs)
• Dutch: infantiel (nl), kinderlijk (nl), kinderachtig (nl)
• Hebrew: ילדותי‎ (he) (yalduti) m, ילדותית‎ f (yaldutith), אינפנטילי‎ (he) (infantili) m

• Hungarian: infantilis (hu)
• Italian: infantile (it), puerile (it)
• Polish: infantylny (pl), dziecinny (pl)
• Slovak: infantilný (sk), detinský (sk)

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French

Adjective

infantile (plural infantiles)

1. infantile

Derived terms

• infantilisateur
• infantilisation
• infantiliser
• infantilité

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Italian

Adjective

infantile (masculine and feminine plural infantili)

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

Synonyms

• (childish): puerile

Related terms

• infantilismo
• infantilità
• infanzia

Anagrams

• infilante

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Swedish

Adjective

infantile

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of infantil.