infant
French, noun\ɛ̃.fɑ̃\
infant is spelled I-N-F-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infant is a French masculine noun meaning “infant (title)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Titre qu’on donnait aux enfants puînés des rois d’Espagne et du Portugal ainsi qu’à ceux du duc de Parme”.
What does infant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinfant (title)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titre qu’on donnait aux enfants puînés des rois d’Espagne et du Portugal ainsi qu’à ceux du duc de Parme.
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 infant
- infants plural
- infante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infant?
- \ɛ̃.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 infant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infant in French?
infant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).