enfant

Definitions of enfant
  1. noun
    a young person of either sex
    synonyms: mineur
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    enfant adoptif, enfant adoptive
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    espiègle, fripon, garnement
    one who is playfully mischievous
    gosse
    a young child
    orphelin
    a child who has lost both parents
    bout de chou, môme, tout-petit
    a young child
    morveuse, morveux
    a very troublesome child
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    jeune
    a young person, not fully developed
  2. noun
    a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
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    antonyms:
    mère, parent, père
    a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
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    bébé, nourrisson, nouveau-né
    a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
    descendance féminine
    a child who is female
    beau-fils, belle-fille
    a child of your spouse by a former marriage
    fille
    a female human offspring
    enfant trouvé
    a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
    nourrisson
    an infant considered in relation to its nurse
    belle-fille
    a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
    beau-fils
    the son your spouse by a former marriage
    type of:
    descendance, lignée, progéniture
    the immediate descendants of a person
  3. noun
    an infant considered in relation to its nurse
    synonyms: nourrisson
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    type of:
    bébé, nourrisson, nouveau-né
    a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
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