infante
English
Etymology
From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāns (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.
Noun
infante (plural infantes)
- (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.
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Translations
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “infante”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
French
Noun
infante f (plural infantes)
Further reading
- “infante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Noun
infante (plural infantes)
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”). Cognate with Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.
Pronunciation
Noun
infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)
- infant (very young human being)
- (military) a soldier of the infantry
- prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)
- (botany) deadnettle
Noun
infante f (plural infantes)
Derived terms
- Vilanova dos Infantes (place name: Vilanova das Infantes, originally)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “infante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “infante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “infante”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “infante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “infante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfantem, īnfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.
Pronunciation
Adjective
infante (plural infanti)
- (dated, rare, relational) infant
Noun
infante m or f by sense (plural infanti)
Noun
infante f (plural infanti)
- infanta (in Spain & Portugal)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈfan.te/, [ĩːˈfän̪t̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfan.te/, [iɱˈfän̪t̪e]
Noun
īnfante
Middle English
Noun
infante
- Alternative form of infaunt
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
infante m or f (plural infantes)
- (rare) child
- prince, infante
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 122 (facsimile):
- Como ſanta maria reſucitou hũa infante filla dun Rei
- How Holy Mary resurrected the daughter of a King.
- Como ſanta maria reſucitou hũa infante filla dun Rei
Descendants
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.
Pronunciation
Noun
infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)
- infant (very young human being)
- (military) a soldier of the infantry
- prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)
Adjective
infante m or f (plural infantes)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish infante.
Noun
infante m (plural infanți)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) infante | infanteul | (niște) infanți | infanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) infante | infanteului | (unor) infanți | infanților |
vocative | infanteule | infanților |
Spanish
Etymology
From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.
Pronunciation
Noun
infante m (plural infantes)
- infant
- prince, infante (son of a king)
- Synonym: príncipe
- foot soldier, infantryman
- Synonym: peón
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “infante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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