infantil

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfantilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɱ.fənˈtil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.fanˈtil]
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

infantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural infantils)

1. (relational) child
2. immature; infantile

Derived terms

• infantilisme
• infantilitzar

Further reading

• “infantil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “infantil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “infantil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “infantil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnfantilis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtil/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtil/ [ĩ.fɐ̃ˈtiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃ˈti.li/

• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧til

Adjective

infantil m or f (plural infantis)

1. (relational) child (relating to a child, suitable for a child)
2. immature, childish (behaving immaturely)

   Synonym: imaturo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:infantil.

Derived terms

• infantilismo
• infantilizar
• parque infantil

Further reading

• “infantil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French infantile, from Latin infantilis.

Adjective

infantil m or n (feminine singular infantilă, masculine plural infantili, feminine and neuter plural infantile)

1. infantile; immature; childish

   Synonyms: copilăros, imatur, pueril

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	infantil		infantilă		infantili	infantile
	definite	infantilul		infantila		infantilii	infantilele
genitive- dative	indefinite	infantil		infantile		infantili	infantile
	definite	infantilului		infantilei		infantililor	infantilelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnfantilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /infanˈtil/ [ĩɱ.fãn̪ˈt̪il]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: in‧fan‧til

Adjective

infantil m or f (masculine and feminine plural infantiles)

1. childish; childlike
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 52:

     [Los duendes] son pequeñitos, tienen caras infantiles y visten hábitos de tres colores distintos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. immature

   Synonym: inmaduro

3. of, relating, or for children.

Derived terms

• infantilidad
• infantilismo
• infantilizar
• infantilmente
• jardín infantil
• parque infantil
• pornografía infantil

Further reading

• “infantil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Adjective

infantil

1. infantile (childish, immature)
2. (medicine) infantile (pertaining to infants)

Declension

Inflection of infantil

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	infantil	infantilare	infantilast
neuter singular	infantilt	infantilare	infantilast
plural	infantila	infantilare	infantilast
masculine plural2	infantile	infantilare	infantilast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	infantile	infantilare	infantilaste
all	infantila	infantilare	infantilaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

• barnslig

References

• infantil in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• infantil in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• infantil in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)