infante
English
Etymology
From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin īnfāns (“child”). Cognate with infant and infantry.
Noun
infante (plural infantes)
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Translations
son of the king of Spain or Portugal
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Italian
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Latin
Old Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ĩ.ˈfan.te/
Noun
infante
- (rare) child
- 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.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 122 (facsimile):
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Portuguese infante, from Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).
Cognate with Galician infante, Spanish infante, French enfant and Italian infante.
Pronunciation
Spanish
Etymology
From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin īnfāns, īnfāntem.
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