infante

From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāns (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.

infante (plural infantes)

1. (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

• infanta

• fainten

infante f (plural infantes)

1. infante

• “infante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

infante (plural infantes)

1. child, infant

Borrowed from Latin īnfans, īnfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.

• IPA^(key): /inˈfan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: in‧fàn‧te

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infante (plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare, relational) infant

infante m or f by sense (plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare) baby, infant

   Synonyms: bambino, bimbo, neonato

infante f (plural infanti)

1. infanta (in Spain & Portugal)

• infanticida
• infanticidio
• infantile
• infanzia

• fantine, nafteni

īnfante

1. ablative singular of īnfāns

infante

1. Alternative form of infaunt

From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfan.te/

infante

1. (rare) child
2. prince, infante
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 122 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria reſucitou hũa infante filla dun Rei

     How Holy Mary resurrected the daughter of a King.

• Galician: infante
• Portuguese: infante

• ifante (obsolete)
• iffante (obsolete)
• yfante (obsolete)
• yffante (obsolete)
• inffante (obsolete)
• ynfante (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”).

Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te

infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)

1. infant (very young human being)
2. (military) a soldier of the infantry
3. prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)

infante m or f (plural infantes)

1. infant

From Spanish infante.

infante m (plural infanți)

1. infante

From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.

• IPA^(key): /inˈfante/ [ĩɱˈfãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: in‧fan‧te

infante m (plural infantes)

1. infant
2. prince, infante (son of a king)
3. foot soldier, infantryman

• “infante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014