1 (formal or technical) a baby or very young child:
a nursery for infants under two * their infant son * She was seriously ill as an infant. * the infant mortality rate * Mozart was an infant prodigy (= a child with unusual ability).
HELPNOTE In AmE infant is only used for a baby, especially a very young one.
2 (in British and Australian education) a child at school between the ages of four and seven:
an infant school * infant teachers * I've known her since we were in the infants (= at infant school).
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 designed to be used by infants:
infant formula (= milk for babies)
2 new and not yet developed:
infant industries
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for infant is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is infant a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, infant is tagged as noun.
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