enfant
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfantem.
Pronunciation
Noun
enfant m or f by sense (plural enfants)
- child (someone who is not yet an adult)
- child (offspring of any age)
- son, native (of a place)
- enfant de Paris ― Paris native
- enfant des États-Unis ― native of the United States
- enfant du pays ― native of the country
Usage notes
Rarely used as a feminine noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French: z'enfant
See also
Further reading
- “enfant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French enfant.
Pronunciation
Noun
enfant m (plural enfanz)
Descendants
- French: enfant
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.
Noun
enfant m (plural enfants)
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāntem, accusative singular of īnfāns. The nominative form enfes derives from the Latin nominative form īnfāns.
Pronunciation
Noun
enfant oblique singular, m (oblique plural enfanz, nominative singular enfes, nominative plural enfant)
- child
- 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 8, column 1, line 28:
- totes les puceles & trestuit li enfant
- All the young women and all the children
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Descendants
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