enfant
French, noun/ɑ̃.fɑ̃/
enfant is spelled E-N-F-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written French, the 435th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfant is a French feminine noun meaning “child (someone who is not yet an adult)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui n'a pas encore atteint l'adolescence”.
What does enfant mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinechild (someone who is not yet an adult)
- 2
femininemasculinechild (offspring of any age)
- 3
femininemasculineson, native (of a place)
enfant de Paris
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui n'a pas encore atteint l'adolescence. 2. Personne de tout âge considérée par rapport à ses parents. 3. Fils, par relation à ses parents. 4. Descendant, descendante en ligne directe et indirecte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enfant
- enfants plural
- enfante feminine
- éfant
- nenfant familiar
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfant?
- /ɑ̃.fɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.fɑ̃\
- [œ̃.n‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfant in French?
enfant appears 186 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).