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childless

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃaɪldləs/


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
child /tʃaɪld/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. chil•dren /ˈtʃɪldrən/.USA pronunciation  
  1. a young boy or girl:A young child doesn't usually want to share his or her toys.
  2. a son or daughter:He has two children, a boy and a girl.
  3. Developmental Biologya baby or infant:the rights of the unborn child are to be balanced by the right to privacy of the mother.
  4. a person who behaves in a childish manner.
  5. any person or thing regarded as the product of particular circumstances or influences: Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
Idioms
  1. Idioms with child, (of a human female) pregnant.

child•less, adj. 
child•less•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
child  (chīld),USA pronunciation n., pl. chil•dren. 
  1. a person between birth and full growth;
    a boy or girl:books for children.
  2. a son or daughter:All my children are married.
  3. Developmental Biologya baby or infant.
  4. Developmental Biologya human fetus.
  5. a childish person:He's such a child about money.
  6. a descendant:a child of an ancient breed.
  7. any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.:Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
  8. a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.:a child of poverty; a child of famine.
  9. British Termsa female infant.
  10. [Archaic.]childe.
  11. Idioms with child, pregnant:She's with child.
  • bef. 950; Middle English; Old English cild; akin to Gothic kilthai womb
childless, adj. 
childless•ness, n. 

Child  (chīld),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Lydia Maria (Francis), 1802–80, U.S. author, abolitionist, and social reformer.

child, +n. 
  1. Developmental Biologya human fetus.

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