different between infante vs infanta

English

Etymology

From Spanish infante and Portuguese infante, both from Latin ?nf?ns (“child”). Doublet of infant. Cognate with infantry.

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

1. (historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.

Related terms

• infanta

Translations

Anagrams

• fainten

Interlingua

Noun

infante (plural infantes)

1. child, infant

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nfans, ?nfantem. Doublet of the inherited fante.

Pronunciation

Adjective

infante (plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare) infant (attr.)

Noun

infante m or f (plural infanti)

1. (dated, rare) baby, infant

   Synonyms: bambino, bimbo, neonato

Noun

infante f (plural infanti)

1. infanta (in Spain & Portugal)

Derived terms

• infanticida
• infanticidio
• infantile
• infanzia

Anagrams

• fantine

Latin

Noun

?nfante

1. ablative singular of ?nf?ns

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?fan.te/

Noun

infante

1. (rare) child
2. prince, infante

   • Como ?anta maria re?ucitou h?a infante filla dun Rei

     How Holy Mary resurrected the daughter of a King.

Descendants

• Galician: infante
• Portuguese: infante

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ifante (obsolete), iffante (obsolete), yfante (obsolete), yffante (obsolete)
• inffante (obsolete), ynfante (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese infante, from Latin infans, infantem (“infant”).

Cognate with Galician infante, Spanish infante, French enfant and Italian infante.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): / ?.?f??.t? /
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): / ?.?f??.t??i /
• Hyphenation: in?fan?te
• Rhymes: -??nt?i

Noun

infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)

1. infant (very young human being)
2. (military) a soldier of the infantry
3. prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)

Adjective

infante m or f (plural infantes, comparable)

1. infant

Spanish

Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish ifante, from Latin ?nf?ns, ?nf?ntem.

Noun

infante m (plural infantes)

1. infant
2. infante
3. foot soldier, infantryman

Related terms

• infanta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?fant?/

Noun

infanta (plural infantas)

1. A daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p, 40:

     It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain.

Related terms

• infante

Translations

Anagrams

• anti-fan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /im?fan.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im?fan.ta/

Noun

infanta f (plural infantes)

1. infant, girl

Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine of infante.

Noun

infanta f (plural infantas)

1. princess, infanta (the daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal)

Related terms

• infante

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of infante.

Noun

infanta f (plural infantas)

1. princess

Related terms

• infante