CHILD
What does "CHILD" mean?
A young human being below the age of puberty or full maturity.
Meanings
- A young person, especially between infancy and adolescence. Every child in the class drew a picture of their family.
- A son or daughter of any age, in relation to a parent. She is the youngest child of four.
- A product or result of a particular time, place, or influence. He was a child of the digital age. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Children' is doubly plural: Old English pluralized 'child' as 'cildru', then later English stacked the '-en' ending (as in 'oxen') on top, leaving two plural markers in one word.
Word origin
From Old English 'cild' (infant, young person), of Germanic origin; the irregular plural 'children' preserves a double plural, with both an old plural form and the later '-en' added on top.
Remember it
CHILD ends in 'ILD' like 'mild' and 'wild' - children are a little of both.
A little poem
Knee-high to the world-
they ask the question adults
stopped daring to ask.
haiku
Wordplay
- My child asked why 'children' isn't 'childs'. I said the word grew up twice and never let go of either plural.
What it teaches
A child does not see a smaller world, only a larger one; we are the ones who shrank it.
Quick facts
What does CHILD mean?
A young human being below the age of puberty or full maturity.
Is CHILD a valid word?
Yes — CHILD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHILD?
CHILD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHILD come from?
From Old English 'cild' (infant, young person), of Germanic origin; the irregular plural 'children' preserves a double plural, with both an old plural form and the later '-en' added on top.
What can CHILD teach us?
A child does not see a smaller world, only a larger one; we are the ones who shrank it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.