enfant
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- noun
- /ɑ̃fɑ̃/
:
niño
- Every summer, we take the enfants to the park for fun activities and games.
- enfant terrible
Examples
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The museum featured a workshop designed for young enfants to explore their creativity.
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Violet bounced on her toes, like a true enfant terrible.
Fiction book (1990) -
The enfants must be sad.
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Sidney, I'd like to introduce you to Vincent Lepak, enfant terrible.
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The exhibition concept was initiated by Wayne Barker, who is regarded as the enfant terrible of the local scene.
Academic text (1996) -
Buddy Mangan, the current enfant terrible, wild card, and cause célèbre of the art business in these parts.
Fiction book (1995) -
But it was Myra Breckinridge that confirmed Vidal's place as the enfant terrible of the respectable American literary scene.
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Bless you, mes enfants- may the gods pour libations and happiness on your houses.
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Continuez, mes enfants.
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Allons, mes enfants!
Synonyms
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A young person, usually a child
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7.7
A young child
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8.2
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
A young child in old or local language
An old word for a child, often a boy
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Enfant comes from the Latin infans, which meant 'not speaking' because in- means 'not' and fari means 'to speak', so it was used for babies who cannot yet speak. So enfant now means 'child' and shares the same root as English infant.