infante

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

infante (plural infantes)

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

• infanta

• fainten

infante (plural infantes)

1. child, infant

From Latin infans, infantem.

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infante (masculine and feminine plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare) infant (attr.)

infante m or f (plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare) baby, infant

• bambino
• bimbo
• neonato

infante f (plural infanti)

1. infanta (in Spain & Portugal)

• infanticida
• infanticidio
• infantile
• infanzia

• fantine

īnfante

1. ablative singular of īnfāns

From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈfan.te/

infante

1. (rare) child
2. prince, infante
   • 13th century, attributed to 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 Portuguese infante, from Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): / ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.tɨ /
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): / ĩ.ˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi /
• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

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, comparable)

1. infant

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

infante m (plural infantes)

1. infant
2. infante
3. foot soldier, infantryman

• infanta