Looking for the meaning of the word CHILD in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of CHILD with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Child
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or childre became childeren or children by association with plurals ending in -en, such as brethren
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tʃʌɪld
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority
Short Definition:young human
Examples:- she'd been playing tennis since she was a child
- the film is not suitable for children
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