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infantile

/ˈɪnfəntaɪl/

infantile adjective: pertaining to infants.

Adjective

infantile (comparative more infantile, superlative most infantile)

  1. Pertaining to infants.
    • infantile paralysis
    • They and the old North London tanks at Richmond long ago were the first engines on which my infantile eyes rested, be it said with an admiration that the years have never dimmed.1957 February, Henry Maxwell, “A Sentimental Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 82
  2. Childish; immature.

infantile meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

infantile in Tamil

குழந்தைப் பருவ, குழந்தைக்குரிய, சிறுபிள்ளைத்தனமான, கைக்குழந்தையின், பாப்பாக்களின்

infantile in Urdu

بچگانہ, طفلانہ

infantile in Bengali

শিশুসুলভ, শৈশবসংক্রান্ত, ছেলেমানুষি

infantile in Malayalam

childish, babyish, childlike
ശെെശവം സംബന്ധിച്ച, ശിശുക്കളെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, ശിശുസഹജമായ, ബാലോചിതമായ, ബാല്യസഹജമായ, ശെെശവയോഗ്യമായ
More languagesFewer languages
infantile in Kannada
ಶೈಶವದ, ಹಸುಗೂಸಿನ

Examples of infantile in a sentence

  • Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
  • (Unciferous branches used for infantile convulsions, high fever, headache, hypertension, blurred vision, dizziness.
  • They are clinging to infantile fantasies and show themselves unable to face reality."

All 19 example sentences with infantile

Synonyms of infantile

3 more synonymsFewer synonyms

All synonyms of infantile

Forms of infantile

comparativemore infantile
superlativemost infantile

Origin of infantile

Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), equivalent to infant + -ile, from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.

Words formed from infantile

Questions about infantile

What does infantile mean?
Infantile means pertaining to infants.
What is infantile in Tamil?
Infantile in Tamil is குழந்தைப் பருவ, குழந்தைக்குரிய, சிறுபிள்ளைத்தனமான. See Infantile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is infantile?
Infantile is an adjective.
How do you pronounce infantile?
Infantile is pronounced /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/.

Words near infantile in the dictionary

  1. infanticider
  2. infanticiders
  3. infanticides
  4. infantier
  5. infantiers
  6. infantile
  7. infantile autism
  8. infantile dementia
  9. infantile paralysis
  10. infantilely
  11. infantileness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infantile (page history and authors); infantile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infantile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Infantile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infantile (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); infantile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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