kiddo

English

Etymology

From kid +‎ -o; see kid (“child”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪdoʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪdəʊ

Noun

kiddo (plural kiddos or kiddoes) (colloquial, endearing)

1. (US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) A close friend; especially used as a form of address.

   Okay, kiddo, I gotta run.

2. (US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) A child.
   • 2008, Robin Dutton-Cookston, The Foggiest Idea: Tales of a Displaced Texan in San Francisco Mamaland, page 51:

     The books say it's normal. Toddlers often stop napping around this age, and the average amount of sleep needed by a two-year-old is between nine and thirteen hours. My kiddo cuts logs for twelve hours at a stretch, so she's plenty rested.

Translations

close friend

• French: mon pote (fr), mec (fr), gamin (fr)
• Hebrew: חַבּוּבּ m (ẖabúb)
• Persian: ناناز، گوگولی،هانی،قند عسلم
• Portuguese: guri (pt) m, guria (pt) f, filho (pt) m (informal), filha (pt) f (informal), moleque (pt) m, moleca (pt) f (raro), garoto (pt) m, garota (pt) f, filhote (pt) m (incomum), filhota (pt) f (incomum), miúdo (pt) m (Portugal), miúda (pt) f (Portugal)
• Spanish: muchacho (es) m, muchacha (es) f

child

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: gín-á-hiann

  Mandarin: 孩子 (zh) (háizi)

• Finnish: pikkulainen
• French: gamin (fr) m, mioche (fr) m, petit (fr) m
• German: Kleiner (de) m, Kleine (de) f
• Old English: lȳtling m
• Polish: dzieciak (pl) m
• Portuguese: filhote (pt) m, filhota (pt) f, filho (pt) m, filha (pt) f, garoto (pt) m, garota (pt) f, guri (pt) m, guria (pt) f, moleque (pt) m, moleca (pt) f, miúdo (pt) m (Portugal), miúda (pt) f (Portugal)
• Spanish: muchacho (es) m, muchacha (es) f