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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Plural of child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, form-of, plural
Qualifier: obsolete elsewhere
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noun
Plural of childe (“self-turned vampire”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
Topics: fantasy
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noun
A child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northern-England
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History
From Middle English childer, childre, from Old English ċildra, ċildru.
