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73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: մինուճար (minučar) — person who has no siblings
• Catalan: fill únic — person who has no siblings
• Catalan: filla única — person who has no siblings
• Chinese Cantonese: 獨仔 /独仔 (duk6 zai2) — person who has no siblings
• Chinese Cantonese: 獨生仔 /独生仔 (duk6 saang1 zai2) — person who has no siblings
• Chinese Cantonese: 單傳 /单传 (daan1 cyun4) — person who has no siblings
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨生子女 /独生子女 (dúshēng zǐnǚ) — person who has no siblings
• Czech: jedináček — person who has no siblings
• Czech: jedináčka — person who has no siblings
• Danish: enebarn — person who has no siblings
• Dutch: enig kind — person who has no siblings
• Esperanto: solenaskito — person who has no siblings
• Esperanto: solenaskita infano — person who has no siblings
• Esperanto: solinfano — person who has no siblings
• Esperanto: solfilo — person who has no siblings
• Esperanto: solfilino — person who has no siblings
• Faroese: einabarn — person who has no siblings
• Finnish: ainokainen — person who has no siblings
• Finnish: ainoa lapsi — person who has no siblings
• French: enfant unique — person who has no siblings
• French: fils unique — person who has no siblings
• French: fille unique — person who has no siblings
• Galician: fillo único — person who has no siblings
• Galician: filla única — person who has no siblings
• Georgian: მხოლოდშობილი (mxolodšobili) — person who has no siblings
• Georgian: დედისერთა (dediserta) — person who has no siblings
• German: Einzelkind — person who has no siblings
• Greek: μοναχοπαίδι (monachopaídi) — person who has no siblings
• Hebrew: בן יחיד — person who has no siblings
• Hindi: इकलौता (iklautā) — person who has no siblings
• Hungarian: egyke — person who has no siblings
• Icelandic: einbirni — person who has no siblings
• Icelandic: einkabarn — person who has no siblings
• Indonesian: anak tunggal — person who has no siblings
• Ingrian: ainava laps — person who has no siblings
• Interlingua: infante unic — person who has no siblings
• Irish: aonghin — person who has no siblings
• Italian: figlio unico — person who has no siblings
• Italian: figlia unica — person who has no siblings
• Japanese: 一人っ子 (hitorikko) — person who has no siblings
• Japanese: 一粒種 (hitotsubudane) — person who has no siblings
• Korean: 외동 (oedong) — person who has no siblings
• Lingala: likinda — person who has no siblings
• Malay: anak tunggal — person who has no siblings
• Māori: huatahi — person who has no siblings
• Māori: tautahi — person who has no siblings
• Norwegian Bokmål: enebarn — person who has no siblings
• Norwegian Nynorsk: einebarn — person who has no siblings
• Persian: تکفرزند (tak-farzand) — person who has no siblings
• Polish: jedynak — person who has no siblings
• Polish: jedynaczka — person who has no siblings
• Portuguese: filho único — person who has no siblings
• Portuguese: filha única — person who has no siblings
• Romansh: uffant sulet — person who has no siblings
• Romansh: affon persul — person who has no siblings
• Romansh: unfànt sulet — person who has no siblings
• Romansh: unfant sulet — person who has no siblings
• Romansh: iffaunt sulet — person who has no siblings
• Romansh: iffaunt unic — person who has no siblings
• Russian: еди́нственный ребёнок (jedínstvennyj rebjónok) — person who has no siblings
• Serbo-Croatian: jedinče, jedinac, jedinica — person who has no siblings
• Slovak: jedináčik — person who has no siblings
• Slovak: jedináčička — person who has no siblings
• Spanish: hijo único — person who has no siblings
• Spanish: hija única — person who has no siblings
• Spanish: unigénito — person who has no siblings
• Swedish: ensambarn — person who has no siblings
• Tagalog: bugtong na anak — person who has no siblings
• Tamil: ஒரே பிள்ளை (orē piḷḷai) — person who has no siblings
• Tumbuka: kananda — person who has no siblings
• Turkish: tek çocuk — person who has no siblings
• Vietnamese: con một — person who has no siblings
• Welsh: unig blentyn — person who has no siblings