infant Definition

infant
noun

1. A very young child in the first period of life; a baby.

Thesaurus: baby, child, tot, toddler, neonate.
(Brit)
2. A schoolchild under the age of seven or eight.
3. law.
A minor (noun 1).


Example: infant mortality
Example: infant teacher

adj

1. At an early stage of development.

Example: an infant colony

Etymology: 14c: from French enfant, from Latin infans a child or someone who cannot speak, from fari to speak.