Child vs. Plural

Childnoun

A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

Childnoun

a female child, a girl.

Childnoun

One's son or daughter, regardless of age.

Childnoun

(cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.

Childnoun

A figurative offspring, particularly:

Childnoun

A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.

Childnoun

Anything derived from or caused by something.

Childnoun

(computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.

Childnoun

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; - in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.

Childnoun

A descendant, however remote; - used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

Childnoun

One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

Childnoun

A noble youth. See Childe.

Childnoun

A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.

Childnoun

A female infant.

Childverb

To give birth; to produce young.

Childnoun

a young person of either sex;

Childnoun

a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age;

Childnoun

an immature childish person;

Childnoun

a member of a clan or tribe;

Child

Biologically, a child (plural children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.

Pluraladjective

Consisting of or containing more than one of something. en

Pluraladjective

(comparable) Pluralistic.

Pluralnoun

The plural number. In English, referring to more than one of something.

Pluralnoun

A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.

Pluraladjective

Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.

Pluralnoun

The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.

Pluralnoun

the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Pluraladjective

grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units

Plural

The plural (sometimes abbreviated PL), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun typically denotes a quantity greater than the default quantity represented by that noun.