noun
infant
IHN-fuhnt
noun
1
A very young child, roughly from birth up to around two years old.
"The infant slept peacefully in her mother's arms."
"Infant mortality has dropped sharply over the last century."
adjective
1
Relating to the early years of primary school.
"She teaches infant classes at the local primary school."
How to Use Infant
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA baby, or something to do with the very earliest stage of childhood or school.
Common pairings
infant mortality
infant school
newborn infant
Word Forms
infanted past tense, infants plural, infants singular
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Etymology
From Latin īnfāns, literally "not able to speak" — in- ("not") + fāns, "speaking."