adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to infants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- infantile paralysis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
infantile
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
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪnfəntaɪl/
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CMU ARPABET: IH1 N F AH0 N T IH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Childish; immature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: juvenile, puerile, babish, babyish, bairnish, childish, dootsie, hissy, lactifluous, infantile, infantine, immature, kiddish, milky
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to infants or infancy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- infantile paralysis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
indicating a lack of maturity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- childish tantrums
- infantile behavior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: childish
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
being or befitting or characteristic of an infant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- infantile games
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), equivalent to infant + -ile, from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: детски (detski) — pertaining to infants
- Catalan: infantil — pertaining to infants
- French: infantile — pertaining to infants
- German: infantil — pertaining to infants
- German: kindisch — pertaining to infants
- German: albern — pertaining to infants
- Hebrew: ילדותי (yalduti) — pertaining to infants
- Italian: infantile — pertaining to infants
- Manx: lhiannooagh — pertaining to infants
- Manx: oikanagh — pertaining to infants
- Polish: dziecięcy — pertaining to infants
- Spanish: infantil — pertaining to infants
- Spanish: pueril — pertaining to infants
- Swedish: infantil — pertaining to infants
- Turkish: çocuksal — pertaining to infants
- Bulgarian: детински (detinski) — childish; immature
- Bulgarian: инфантилен (infantilen) — childish; immature
- Catalan: infantil — childish; immature
- Czech: infantilní — childish; immature
- Czech: dětinský — childish; immature
- Dutch: infantiel — childish; immature
- Dutch: kinderlijk — childish; immature
- Dutch: kinderachtig — childish; immature
- French: infantile — childish; immature
- Hebrew: ילדותי (yalduti) — childish; immature
- Hebrew: אינפנטילי (infantili) — childish; immature
- Hungarian: infantilis — childish; immature
- Italian: infantile — childish; immature
- Italian: puerile — childish; immature
- Polish: infantylny — childish; immature
- Polish: dziecinny — childish; immature
- Slovak: infantilný — childish; immature
- Slovak: detinský — childish; immature
- Spanish: infantil — childish; immature
- Spanish: pueril — childish; immature
- Spanish: aniñado — childish; immature
- Swedish: infantil — childish; immature
- Turkish: çocukça — childish; immature
- Turkish: çocuksu — childish; immature
- Ukrainian: інфанти́льний (infantýlʹnyj) — childish; immature