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How to pronounce “child”
Hear “child” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for child
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of child with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- You're Not the Boss of Me
Betsy's a child development and behavior specialist,
- Definition summary
- (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce child
You're Not the Boss of Me

Betsy's a child development and behavior specialist,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “child”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
- (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
- (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
- (figurative) A figurative offspring, particularly:
- Alternative form of childe (“youth of noble birth”).
- (mathematics, programming) A subordinate node of a tree.
- (obsolete, specifically) A female child, a girl.
- [Verb]
- (archaic, ambitransitive) To give birth; to beget or procreate.
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