childish

English

Etymology

From Middle English childissh, from Old English ċildisċ. Equivalent to child +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: child‧ish

Adjective

childish (comparative more childish, superlative most childish)

Of or suitable for a child.
Behaving immaturely.
Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.

Synonyms

(behaving immaturely): infantile, immature, silly, unbecoming, juvenile, puerile

Antonyms

adultish

Related terms

childlike

Translations

suitable for a child

Belarusian: дзіця́чы (dzicjáčy)
Bulgarian: детски (bg) (detski), бебешки (bebeški)
Dutch: kinderachtig (nl), infantiel (nl)
Finnish: lapsi-, lapsenomainen (fi)
French: enfantin (fr), puéril (fr)
German: kindgerecht (de)
Greek: παιδικός (el) (paidikós)
Ancient: παιδικός (paidikós)
Hebrew: ילדותי‎ (he) (yalduti)
Hungarian: gyerekes (hu), gyerek- (hu)
Ido: puerala (io)

Latin: puerīlis
Lithuanian: vaikiškas m
Luxembourgish: kannereg
Middle English: childissh
Persian: بچه‌گانه‎ (bečče-gâne)
Polish: dziecięcy (pl) m
Portuguese: infantil (pt) c
Russian: де́тский (ru) (détskij), ребя́ческий (ru) (rebjáčeskij)
Spanish: para (es) niños (es), infantil (es)
Ukrainian: дитя́чий (dytjáčyj)

behaving immaturely

Belarusian: дзіця́чы (dzicjáčy), інфанты́льны (infantýlʹny)
Bulgarian: детински (bg) (detinski), инфантилен (bg) (infantilen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幼稚 (zh) (yòuzhì), 孩子氣 (zh), 孩子气 (zh) (háiziqì)
Czech: dětinský (cs)
Dutch: kinderachtig (nl), infantiel (nl)
Estonian: lapsik
Finnish: lapsellinen (fi)
French: puéril (fr), gamin (fr)
German: kindisch (de)
Greek: παιδιάστικος (el) (paidiástikos)
Hebrew: ילדותי‎ (he) m (yalduti)
Hungarian: gyerekes (hu)
Indonesian: kekanak-kanakan
Italian: infantile (it), bambinesco m, puerile (it)
Khmer: ង៉ែត (km) (ŋaet)
Latin: puerīlis

Lithuanian: vaikiškas
Middle English: childissh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: barnslig

Nynorsk: barnsleg
Novial: pueral
Persian: بچه‌گانه‎ (bečče-gâne)
Polish: dziecinny (pl), infantylny (pl)
Portuguese: infantil (pt), imaturo (pt)
Russian: ребя́ческий (ru) (rebjáčeskij), инфанти́льный (ru) (infantílʹnyj)
Slovene: otróčji (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: źiśecy
Spanish: infantil (es), infantiloide, pueril (es), aniñado (es) m
Swedish: barnslig (sv)
Ukrainian: дитиня́чий (dytynjáčyj), дитя́чий (dytjáčyj), інфанти́льний (infantýlʹnyj)
Welsh: plentynnaidd (cy)

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