Phrase guide

natural child

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 私生子 (sīshēngzǐ) — child born to unmarried parents
  • Danish: uægte barn — child born to unmarried parents
  • Dutch: liefdeskind — child born to unmarried parents
  • Esperanto: eksteredzeco — child born to unmarried parents
  • Estonian: sohilaps — child born to unmarried parents
  • Finnish: avioton lapsi — child born to unmarried parents
  • Finnish: lehtolapsi — child born to unmarried parents
  • French: enfant de l'amour — child born to unmarried parents
  • German: Kind der Liebe — child born to unmarried parents
  • German: außereheliches Kind — child born to unmarried parents
  • German: uneheliches Kind — child born to unmarried parents
  • Hungarian: szerelemgyerek — child born to unmarried parents
  • Interlingua: filio illegitime — child born to unmarried parents
  • Italian: figlio illegittimo — child born to unmarried parents
  • Japanese: 私生児 (shiseiji) — child born to unmarried parents
  • Japanese: ラブチャイルド (rabu chairudo) — child born to unmarried parents
  • Latvian: ārlaulības bērns — child born to unmarried parents
  • Portuguese: filho ilegítimo — child born to unmarried parents
  • Russian: дитя́ любви́ (ditjá ljubví) — child born to unmarried parents
  • Russian: внебра́чный ребёнок (vnebráčnyj rebjónok) — child born to unmarried parents
  • Scottish Gaelic: mac dìolain — child born to unmarried parents
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighean dhìolain — child born to unmarried parents
  • Spanish: hijo natural — child born to unmarried parents
  • Spanish: hija natural — child born to unmarried parents
  • Swedish: kärleksbarn — child born to unmarried parents
  • Turkish: gayrimeşru çocuk — child born to unmarried parents
  • Volapük: nematikacil — child born to unmarried parents