enfant

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French enfant, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfantem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃/ Homophone: enfants Rhymes: -ɑ̃ === Noun === enfant m or f by sense (plural enfants) child (someone who is not yet an adult) child (offspring of any age) son, native (of a place) enfant de Paris ― Paris native enfant des États-Unis ― native of the United States enfant du pays ― native of the country ==== Usage notes ==== Rarely used as a feminine noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== enfance enfantillage infantile ==== Descendants ==== Saint Dominican Creole French: z'enfant ==== See also ==== fille garçon gosse === Further reading === “enfant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French enfant. === Pronunciation === === Noun === enfant m (plural enfanz) child ==== Descendants ==== French: enfant == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French enfant, from Latin infans. === Pronunciation === === Noun === enfant m (plural enfants) child ==== Related terms ==== enfanche == Occitan == === Alternative forms === enfan === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem. === Noun === enfant m (plural enfants) child ==== Related terms ==== enfantet == Old French == === Alternative forms === anfant infant (10th century) === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Latin īnfāntem, accusative singular of īnfāns. The nominative form enfes derives from the Latin nominative form īnfāns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (early) /ẽnˈfãnt/, (late) /ãnˈfãnt/ (after lowering of nasalized vowels) === Noun === enfant oblique singular, m (oblique plural enfanz, nominative singular enfes, nominative plural enfant) child ==== Related terms ==== enfance ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: enfant French: enfant