Phrase guide

child prodigy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A highly talented or gifted person at a young age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wunderkind, wonderchild

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Mozart was a child prodigy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: infant prodigy, wonder child

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling, prodigy

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طفل عبقري (tifl eabqariun) — talented young person
  • Armenian: հրաշամանուկ (hrašamanuk) — talented young person
  • Belarusian: вундэркі́нд (vunderkínd) — talented young person
  • Bengali: বিস্ময় শিশু (biśśõẏ śiśu) — talented young person
  • Catalan: nen prodigi — talented young person
  • Catalan: nena prodigi — talented young person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神童 (shéntóng) — talented young person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖童 /圣童 (shèngtóng) — talented young person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 資優兒童 /资优儿童 (zīyōu értóng) — talented young person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天才兒 /天才儿 (tiāncái'ér) — talented young person
  • Czech: zázračné dítě — talented young person
  • Danish: vidunderbarn — talented young person
  • Dutch: wonderknaap — talented young person
  • Dutch: wonderkind — talented young person
  • Dutch: wonderkinderen — talented young person
  • Esperanto: mirinfano — talented young person
  • Estonian: imelaps — talented young person
  • Faroese: undurbarn — talented young person
  • Finnish: ihmelapsi — talented young person
  • Finnish: lapsinero — talented young person
  • French: enfant prodige — talented young person
  • Galician: neno prodixo — talented young person
  • Galician: nena prodixa — talented young person
  • Georgian: ვუნდერკინდი (vunderḳindi) — talented young person
  • German: Wunderkind — talented young person
  • Greek: παιδί-θαύμα (paidí-thávma) — talented young person
  • Hebrew: עִלּוּי (ilúi) — talented young person
  • Hungarian: csodagyerek — talented young person
  • Hungarian: csodagyerekek — talented young person
  • Icelandic: undrabarn — talented young person
  • Indonesian: anak ajaib — talented young person
  • Italian: bambino prodigio — talented young person
  • Japanese: 神童 (shindō) — talented young person
  • Japanese: 天才児 (tensaiji) — talented young person
  • Korean: 신동 (sindong) — talented young person
  • Latin: puer mirabilis — talented young person
  • Latin: puella mirabilis — talented young person
  • Macedonian: ву́ндеркинд (vúnderkind) — talented young person
  • Malay: anak ajaib — talented young person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vidunderbarn — talented young person
  • Persian: کودک نابغه — talented young person
  • Polish: dziecko szczęścia — talented young person
  • Polish: cudowne dziecko — talented young person
  • Portuguese: prodígio — talented young person
  • Portuguese: prodígios — talented young person
  • Portuguese: criança-prodígio — talented young person
  • Portuguese: crianças-prodígio — talented young person
  • Romanian: copil minune — talented young person
  • Russian: вундерки́нд (vundɛrkínd) — talented young person
  • Slovene: čudežni otrok — talented young person
  • Slovene: čudežnih otrok — talented young person
  • Spanish: niño prodigio — talented young person
  • Swedish: underbarn — talented young person
  • Tamil: சிறுமுது அறிஞர் (ciṟumutu aṟiñar) — talented young person
  • Telugu: బాలమేధావి (bālamēdhāvi) — talented young person
  • Turkish: çocuk dahi — talented young person
  • Turkish: harika çocuk — talented young person
  • Ukrainian: вундеркі́нд (vunderkínd) — talented young person
  • Vietnamese: thần đồng — talented young person