child

What should be the correct spelling of the word child, what does it mean? What is the etymological origin of this word? In this content, you can find some sample sentences, idioms and proverbs that contain the word child.

This word consists of 5 letters and is spelled as "C-H-I-L-D". It has 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

How do you spell child

Typo fix for "child"

child

noun

How to pronunciation child: ˈchī(-ə)ld

What does Child Mean?

What does child meaning in English

1. An infant, or very young person. In age, to wish for youth is full as vain, As for a youth to turn a child again. Denham. We should no more be kinder to one child than to another, than we are tender of one eye more than of the other. L’Estr. The young lad must not be ventured abroad at eight or ten, for fear of what may happen to the tender child; though he then runs ten times less risque than at sixteen. Locke. The stroak of death is nothing: children endure it, and the greatest cowards find it no pain. Wake’s Prep for Death.
   
2. One in the line of filiation, opposed to the parent. Where children have been exposed, or taken away young, and afterwards have approached to their parents presence, the parents, though they have not known them, have had a secret joy, or other alteration thereupon. Bacon’s Nat. Hist. I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. Shakes. K. L. So unexhausted her perfections were, That for more children, she had more to spare. Dryden. He in a fruitful wife’s embraces old, A long increase of children’s children told. Add. Ovid’s Met.
   
3. In the language of Scripture. One weak in knowledge. Isa. x. 19. 1 Cor. xiii. 1
4. Such as are young in grace. 1 John, ii. 1
   
5. Such as are humble and docile. Matt. xvii. 3,
   
6. . The descendants of a man, how remote soever, are called children; children of Edom , the children of Israel . The children of light, the children of darkness; who follow light, who remain in darkness. The elect, the blessed, are also called the children How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints! Wisdom, v.
   
7. Ye are all the children of God, by faith in Jesus Christ . Gal. iii. 2
   
8. Calmet.

Other definitions for child

The definition of 'child' is: a young person especially between infancy and puberty

How many syllables does "child" have?

Want to know how to spell child, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "child consists of 2 syllables and is spelled "ˈchī(-ə)ld".

Synonyms for child:

There are synonyms for 'child'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of 'child':

bairn, bambino, bud, chap, chick, cub, juvenile, kid, kiddie, kiddo, moppet, sprat, sprout, squirt, whelp

Some words similar to "child"

• chill
• schild
• childed
• child's
• chilly
• chiliad
• unchild

The word "child" in works of art

As a child, Cora would have scorned his talk of the fantastic. She would have said that slavers stole only black bodies, and that the African continent was a fecund space of magic and wisdom, of which the men on the ships and the men on the blocks knew nothing.

Colson Whitehead / The Underground Railroad

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!

Dracula / Bram Stoker

I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.

The Jew of Malta / Christopher Marlowe

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!

Labyrinth / Jim Henson

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How many points in scrabble for child

How many points is the word "child" in Scrabble? Is "child" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word child is 11