kid

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• /ˈkɪd/
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Abbreviation

From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ghaydn-, *ǵhaydn- (“goat”) or Proto-Indo-European *gidh- (“kid, goatling, little goat”). Compare Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec. The sense of child has been in use since the 1590s as slang, and since the 1840s in informal use.

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *kidde, from Old English *cydde (“pouch, belly”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddijā, derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“bag, sack, pod, shell, husk”).

Compare Welsh cidysen.

347 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طِفْل (ṭifl) — child (colloq.)
• Arabic: دري (darri) — child (colloq.)
• Arabic: بعلوك (baʕlūk) — child (colloq.)
• Arabic: برهوش (barhūš) — child (colloq.)
• Armenian: բալիկ (balik) — child (colloq.)
• Armenian: երեխա (erexa) — child (colloq.)
• Baluchi: چک (cukk) — child (colloq.)
• Bulgarian: хлапе (hlape) — child (colloq.)
• Bulgarian: хлапак (hlapak) — child (colloq.)
• Bulgarian: хлапачка (hlapačka) — child (colloq.)
• Catalan: nen — child (colloq.)
• Catalan: nena — child (colloq.)
• Chinese Cantonese: 細路 /细路 (sai3 lou4) — child (colloq.)
• Chinese Cantonese: 細路仔 /细路仔 (sai3 lou4 zai2) — child (colloq.)
• Chinese: 囡仔 (zh-min-nan) — child (colloq.)
• Chinese Mandarin: 孩子 (háizi) — child (colloq.)
• Chinese Mandarin: 小孩 (xiǎohái) — child (colloq.)
• Danish: barn — child (colloq.)
• Dutch: kind — child (colloq.)
• Esperanto: infano — child (colloq.)
• Finnish: kersa — child (colloq.)
• Finnish: skidi — child (colloq.)
• Finnish: pirpana — child (colloq.)
• Finnish: ipana — child (colloq.)
• Finnish: nassikka — child (colloq.)
• Finnish: penska — child (colloq.)
• French: gamin — child (colloq.)
• French: gosse — child (colloq.)
• French: bambin — child (colloq.)
• French: môme — child (colloq.)
• Georgian: ბავშვი (bavšvi) — child (colloq.)
• German: Kind — child (colloq.)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (frasts) — child (colloq.)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn) — child (colloq.)
• Ancient Greek: παῖς (paîs) — child (colloq.)
• Ancient Greek: παίδιον (paídion) — child (colloq.)
• Ancient Greek: τέκνον (téknon) — child (colloq.)
• Hebrew: ילד — child (colloq.)
• Hindi: बच्चा (baccā) — child (colloq.)
• Hindi: बच्ची (baccī) — child (colloq.)
• Hungarian: kölyök — child (colloq.)
• Hungarian: srác — child (colloq.)
• Icelandic: krakki — child (colloq.)
• Ido: puereto — child (colloq.)
• Indonesian: anak — child (colloq.)
• Italian: bambino — child (colloq.)
• Italian: bimbo — child (colloq.)
• Japanese: 子供 (kodomo) — child (colloq.)
• Japanese: 子 (ko) — child (colloq.)
• Khmer: ក្មេងម្នាក់ (kmeɛŋ mneak) — child (colloq.)
• Kyrgyz: бала (bala) — child (colloq.)
• Kyrgyz: наристе (nariste) — child (colloq.)
• Macedonian: клинец (klinec) — child (colloq.)
• Macedonian: клинка (klinka) — child (colloq.)
• Maltese: tfajjel — child (colloq.)
• Marshallese: boea — child (colloq.)
• Navajo: chąąmąʼii — child (colloq.)
• Norwegian: barn — child (colloq.)
• Norwegian: unge — child (colloq.)
• Persian: بچه (bačče) — child (colloq.)
• Polish: dzieciak — child (colloq.)
• Portuguese: criança — child (colloq.)
• Portuguese: miúdo — child (colloq.)
• Portuguese: piá — child (colloq.)
• Portuguese: guri — child (colloq.)
• Russian: ребёнок (rebjónok) — child (colloq.)
• Russian: па́рень (párenʹ) — child (colloq.)
• Russian: девчо́нка (devčónka) — child (colloq.)
• Sanskrit: शिशु (śiśu) — child (colloq.)
• Sanskrit: बालक (bālaka) — child (colloq.)
• Sanskrit: जात (jāta) — child (colloq.)
• Serbo-Croatian: klinac — child (colloq.)
• Serbo-Croatian: klinka — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: niño — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: buqui — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: chamaco — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: chamo — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: chango — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: chino — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: churumbel — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: cipote — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: crío — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: güila — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: huerco — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: nene — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: patojo — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: chiquillo — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: zagal — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: chaval — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: chibolo — child (colloq.)
• Spanish: escuintle — child (colloq.)
• Swedish: unge — child (colloq.)
• Tagalog: bata — child (colloq.)
• Turkish: çocuk — child (colloq.)
• Ukrainian: дити́на (dytýna) — child (colloq.)
• Ukrainian: малю́к (maljúk) — child (colloq.)
• Ukrainian: дитя́ (dytjá) — child (colloq.)
• Ukrainian: маля́ (maljá) — child (colloq.)
• Vietnamese: nhóc — child (colloq.)
• Vietnamese: con nít — child (colloq.)
• Volapük: cil — child (colloq.)
• Volapük: hicil — child (colloq.)
• Volapük: jicil — child (colloq.)
• Volapük: cilül — child (colloq.)
• Volapük: hicilül — child (colloq.)
• Volapük: jicilül — child (colloq.)
• Walloon: gamén — child (colloq.)
• Walloon: råpén — child (colloq.)
• Walloon: roufion — child (colloq.)
• Walloon: djambot — child (colloq.)
• Zazaki: qeç (diq) — child (colloq.)
• Zazaki: domon (diq) — child (colloq.)
• Bulgarian: хлапе́ (hlapé) — young person (colloq.)
• Catalan: nen — young person (colloq.)
• Catalan: nena — young person (colloq.)
• Danish: unge — young person (colloq.)
• Danish: en ung — young person (colloq.)
• Esperanto: junulo — young person (colloq.)
• Finnish: kersa — young person (colloq.)
• Finnish: skidi — young person (colloq.)
• Finnish: nassikka — young person (colloq.)
• French: gamin — young person (colloq.)
• French: gosse — young person (colloq.)
• French: flo — young person (colloq.)
• German: Bursche — young person (colloq.)
• German: Bube — young person (colloq.)
• German: Halbstarker — young person (colloq.)
• Hungarian: gyerek — young person (colloq.)
• Hungarian: srác — young person (colloq.)
• Hungarian: suhanc — young person (colloq.)
• Icelandic: barn — young person (colloq.)
• Icelandic: krakki — young person (colloq.)
• Italian: ragazzo — young person (colloq.)
• Japanese: 童 (warawa) — young person (colloq.)
• Korean: 어린이 (eorini) — young person (colloq.)
• Marshallese: boea — young person (colloq.)
• Norwegian: ungdom — young person (colloq.)
• Polish: dzieciak — young person (colloq.)
• Portuguese: jovem — young person (colloq.)
• Portuguese: moleque — young person (colloq.)
• Russian: мальчи́шка (malʹčíška) — young person (colloq.)
• Russian: девчо́нка (devčónka) — young person (colloq.)
• Russian: паца́н (pacán) — young person (colloq.)
• Serbo-Croatian: dečko — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chico — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: muchacho — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: cabro — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chango — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chaval — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chavalo — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chavo — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chibolo — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chiquillo — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: lolo — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: pelado — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: pibe — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: chamaco — young person (colloq.)
• Spanish: péndex — young person (colloq.)
• Turkish: delikanlı — young person (colloq.)
• Ukrainian: хлопчи́на (xlopčýna) — young person (colloq.)
• Ukrainian: ді́вчина (dívčyna) — young person (colloq.)
• Zazaki: tut — young person (colloq.)
• Zazaki: pıt — young person (colloq.)
• Zazaki: resaye (diq) — young person (colloq.)
• Arabic: جَدْي (jady) — young goat
• Arabic: جدي (gedi) — young goat
• Armenian: ուլ (ul) — young goat
• Aromanian: ed — young goat
• Asturian: cabritu — young goat
• Belarusian: казляня́ (kazljanjá) — young goat
• Breton: gaorig — young goat
• Bulgarian: я́ре (járe) — young goat
• Bulgarian: козле (kozle) — young goat
• Catalan: cabrit — young goat
• Chinese Mandarin: 小山羊 (xiǎoshānyáng) — young goat
• Cornish: minen — young goat
• Czech: kůzle — young goat
• Danish: gedekid — young goat
• Danish: kid — young goat
• Dutch: geitje — young goat
• Esperanto: kaprido — young goat
• Faroese: geitarlamb — young goat
• Finnish: kili — young goat
• Finnish: vohla — young goat
• French: chevreau — young goat
• French: biquet — young goat
• Galician: curcio — young goat
• Galician: chibo — young goat
• Galician: cabuxo — young goat
• Galician: bodeixo — young goat
• Galician: rexelo — young goat
• Galician: cabrito — young goat
• Galician: añagoto — young goat
• Georgian: თიკანი (tiḳani) — young goat
• German: Kitz — young goat
• German: Zicklein — young goat
• German: Geißlein — young goat
• German: Gitzi — young goat
• Middle High German: zickelīn — young goat
• Old High German: zickī — young goat
• Old High German: zickīn — young goat
• Old High German: kizzī — young goat
• Old High German: kizzīn — young goat
• Greek: κατσικάκι (katsikáki) — young goat
• Greek: κατσίκι (katsíki) — young goat
• Ancient Greek: ἔριφος (ériphos) — young goat
• Greenlandic: savaasaaraq — young goat
• Hebrew: גדי (g'dí) — young goat
• Hungarian: gida — young goat
• Hungarian: gödölye — young goat
• Icelandic: kið — young goat
• Indonesian: anak kambing — young goat
• Interlingua: capretto — young goat
• Irish: meannán — young goat
• Middle Irish: menn — young goat
• Middle Irish: mendán — young goat
• Old Irish: mend — young goat
• Italian: capretto — young goat
• Japanese: 仔ヤギ (ko-yagi) — young goat
• Kashmiri: مۄنٛگُر (mọngur) — young goat
• Kashmiri: مۄنٛگٕر (mọngụr) — young goat
• Kazakh: лақ (laq) — young goat
• Northern Kurdish: karik — young goat
• Northern Kurdish: kar — young goat
• Kyrgyz: улак (ulak) — young goat
• Latin: haedus — young goat
• Latvian: kazlēns — young goat
• Lithuanian: oželis — young goat
• Lithuanian: ožkutis — young goat
• Macedonian: јаре (jare) — young goat
• Maltese: gidi — young goat
• Maltese: gidja — young goat
• Manx: mannan — young goat
• Navajo: tłʼízí yázhí — young goat
• Norman: p'tit bichot — young goat
• Norman: bichette — young goat
• Norwegian: killing — young goat
• Norwegian: kje — young goat
• Occitan: cabrit — young goat
• Old Church Slavonic: козьлѧ (kozĭlę) — young goat
• Old Norse: kið — young goat
• Persian: بزغاله (bozġâle) — young goat
• Persian: هیرک (hirak) — young goat
• Polish: koźlę — young goat
• Portuguese: cabrita — young goat
• Portuguese: cabrito — young goat
• Punjabi: ਮੇਮਣਾ (memṇā) — young goat
• Romanian: ied — young goat
• Romanian: iadă — young goat
• Russian: козлёнок (kozljónok) — young goat
• Scottish Gaelic: meann — young goat
• Serbo-Croatian: јаре — young goat
• Serbo-Croatian: козлић — young goat
• Serbo-Croatian: jare — young goat
• Serbo-Croatian: kozlić — young goat
• Sicilian: ciareddu — young goat
• Slovak: kozľa — young goat
• Slovak: kozliatko — young goat
• Slovene: kozliček — young goat
• Spanish: cabrito — young goat
• Spanish: chivo — young goat
• Swahili: mwanambuzi — young goat
• Swedish: killing — young goat
• Swedish: kid — young goat
• Tagalog: batang kambing — young goat
• Telugu: మేకపిల్ల (mēkapilla) — young goat
• Turkish: oğlak — young goat
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغلاق (oğlak) — young goat
• Turkmen: guzy — young goat
• Tuvan: анай (anay) — young goat
• Ukrainian: козеня́ (kozenjá) — young goat
• Ukrainian: цапеня́ (capenjá) — young goat
• Uyghur: ئوغلاق (oghlaq) — young goat
• Volapük: kaparül — young goat
• Volapük: hikaparül — young goat
• Volapük: jikaparül — young goat
• Welsh: myn — young goat
• Wolof: tef bi — young goat
• Yiddish: ציגעלע (tsigele) — young goat
• Zazaki: kavrek — young goat
• Zazaki: bızêk (diq) — young goat
• Zazaki: gıdık — young goat
• Zazaki: kehari — young antelope
• Dutch: beetnemen — deceive (as a joke)
• Finnish: huiputtaa — deceive (as a joke)
• Finnish: narrata — deceive (as a joke)
• Finnish: petkuttaa — deceive (as a joke)
• Finnish: puijata — deceive (as a joke)
• Finnish: laskea leikkiä — deceive (as a joke)
• Old French: gaber — deceive (as a joke)
• German: an der Nase herumführen — deceive (as a joke)
• German: veräppeln — deceive (as a joke)
• Hungarian: megviccel — deceive (as a joke)
• Hungarian: hülyít — deceive (as a joke)
• Hungarian: szívat — deceive (as a joke)
• Hungarian: átráz — deceive (as a joke)
• Icelandic: fíflast í — deceive (as a joke)
• Irish: dallamullóg a chur ar — deceive (as a joke)
• Russian: надува́ть (naduvátʹ) — deceive (as a joke)
• Swedish: narra — deceive (as a joke)
• Bulgarian: будалкам (budalkam) — mock playfully
• Bulgarian: занасям (zanasjam) — mock playfully
• Bulgarian: занеса (zanesa) — mock playfully
• Bulgarian: майтапя се (majtapja se) — mock playfully
• Dutch: plagen — mock playfully
• Finnish: tehdä pilaa — mock playfully
• French: se moquer — mock playfully
• French: niaiser — mock playfully
• French: faire marcher — mock playfully
• French: charrier — mock playfully
• Old French: gaber — mock playfully
• German: verarschen — mock playfully
• German: veräppeln — mock playfully
• Hungarian: viccel — mock playfully
• Icelandic: gera grín að — mock playfully
• Irish: bheith ag magadh faoi — mock playfully
• Portuguese: enganar — mock playfully
• Portuguese: caçoar — mock playfully
• Russian: дразни́ть (draznítʹ) — mock playfully
• Scottish Gaelic: tarraing à — mock playfully
• Spanish: tomar el pelo — mock playfully
• Swedish: driva med — mock playfully
• Bulgarian: шегувам се (šeguvam se) — to joke
• Dutch: gekscheren — to joke
• Esperanto: blagi — to joke
• Finnish: vitsailla — to joke
• French: blaguer — to joke
• French: plaisanter — to joke
• French: rigoler — to joke
• Galician: bulrarse — to joke
• Galician: chifrarse — to joke
• Georgian: ღადავი (ɣadavi) — to joke
• German: spaßen — to joke
• Hungarian: viccel — to joke
• Icelandic: gera grín — to joke
• Irish: bheith ag magadh — to joke
• Italian: scherzare — to joke
• Norwegian: tulle — to joke
• Norwegian: tøyse — to joke
• Norwegian: kødde — to joke
• Portuguese: brincar — to joke
• Portuguese: zoar — to joke
• Russian: шути́ть (šutítʹ) — to joke
• Serbo-Croatian: ша̏лити — to joke
• Serbo-Croatian: šȁliti — to joke
• Swedish: skämta — to joke
• Swedish: skoja — to joke