infante

English

Etymology

From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāns (“child”). Cognate with infant and infantry.

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

  1. (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for infante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Interlingua

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

  1. child, infant

Italian

Etymology

From Latin infans, infantem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

infante (masculine and feminine plural infanti)

  1. (dated, rare) infant (attr.)

Noun

infante m, f (plural infanti)

  1. (dated, rare) baby, infant

Synonyms

Noun

infante f (plural infanti)

  1. infanta (in Spain & Portugal)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

īnfante

  1. ablative singular of īnfāns

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ĩ.ˈfan.te/

Noun

infante

  1. (rare) child
  2. prince, infante

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese infante, from Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

Cognate with Galician infante, Spanish infante, French enfant and Italian infante.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): / ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.tɨ /
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): / ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi /
  • Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

Noun

infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)

  1. infant (very young human being)
  2. (military) a soldier of the infantry
  3. prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)

Adjective

infante m, f (plural infantes, comparable)

  1. infant

Spanish

Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.

Noun

infante m (plural infantes)

  1. infant
  2. infante
  3. foot soldier, infantryman
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