children

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children^¹

/ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
/ˈtʃɪl.ɹən/
/ˈtʃɪl.ə(ɹ)n/
/ˈt͡ʃʊldɹən/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
/ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/ Hong Kong
/ˈt͡ʃɪl.dən/ Hong Kong, proscribed

Rhymes with -ɪldɹən, -ʊldɹən

Where it comes from

From Middle English children, alteration of earlier childre ("children"; > English dialectal childer), from Old English ċildru, ċildra (“children”), nominative and accusative plural of ċild (“child”), equivalent to child + -ren.

noun childer · childs · chillen · chillun · chirren

plural plural of child Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers
plural plural of childer

Children^²

proper noun

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adolescents, age, ages, babes, babies, baby, bambino, barn, barns, beau, births, boy, boys, burdens, child-care, childcare

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Chicago

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@misc{children_2026,
  title = {children},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/children},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}