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noun
- 1. a very young child or baby: "healthy infants"
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An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. Infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning 'baby' or 'child') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term baby. The terms may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to one month old.
Learn the meaning of infant as a noun and an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Find out how to use infant in a sentence and how it differs from related words like baby, child, and minor.
Learn the meaning of infant as a noun and an adjective, and see how it is used in different contexts. Find out the synonyms, pronunciation, and word origin of infant.
noun. a child during the earliest period of their life, especially before they can walk; baby. Law. a person who is not of full age, especially one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor. The new candidate is a political infant. anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
An infant is a baby. When you were an infant, you weren't able to walk, talk, or feed yourself (but you had a pretty mean burp). Infant is most often used for a very young human, but you can also use it to talk about animal babies.
Infant is a noun that means a baby or a very young child. It can also refer to a child at school between four and seven in England and Wales. Learn more about the word origin, pronunciation, examples and synonyms.
