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1 enfant de chœur
ce n'est pas un enfant de chœur — fig he's no angel
* * *nmRELIGION altar boy, fig angel* * *(sens propre) choirboy, altarboy -
2 enfant
enfant [ɑ̃fɑ̃]1. masculine noun, feminine nounb. ( = originaire) c'est un enfant du pays/de la ville he's a native of these parts/of the town• bonne nouvelle, les enfants ! good news, folks! (inf)2. compounds* * *ɑ̃fɑ̃1) ( jeune être humain) child; ( très jeune) infantc'est une enfant terrible — lit she's an unruly child
elle est restée très enfant — she is still very childlike; vérité
2) (fils, fille) childfaire un enfant — (colloq) ( avoir) to have a child
faire un enfant à quelqu'un — (colloq) to make somebody pregnant
ce roman, c'est son enfant — that novel is his/her baby
3) ( terme d'affection)4) ( marquant l'origine) child•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɑ̃fɑ̃ nmfbon enfant — good-natured, easy-going
* * *enfant nmf1 ( jeune être humain) child; ( très jeune) Admin, Transp infant; c'est une enfant terrible lit she's an unruly child; l'enfant terrible du cinéma français the enfant terrible of French cinema; lorsque j'étais enfant when I was a child; tout enfant, je me suis rendu compte… while still a child, I realized…; c'est un grand enfant he's such a child; faire l'enfant to act like a child; un sourire d'enfant lit a child's smile; fig a childlike smile; mes rêves d'enfant my childhood dreams; elle est restée très enfant she is still very childlike; ce n'est pas une enfant de Marie she's no angel; il n'y a plus d'enfants! fig they grow up fast nowadays!; ⇒ vérité;2 (fils, fille) child; enfant adoptif/légitime/illégitime adopted/legitimate/illegitimate child; être enfant unique to be an only child; couple sans enfant childless couple; c'est un couple sans enfant they have no children; faire un enfant○ ( avoir) to have a child; faire un enfant à qn○ to make sb pregnant; ce roman, c'est son enfant that novel is her baby;4 ( marquant l'origine) child; un enfant de l'aristocatie/du peuple/de la guerre froide a child of the aristocracy/of the people/of the Cold War; c'est une enfant de Nice/de la campagne she was born and bred in Nice/in the country.enfant de l'amour love child; enfant bleu blue baby; enfant de chœur altar boy; ce n'est pas un enfant de chœur fig he's no angel; enfant naturel natural child; enfant prodige child prodigy; enfant trouvé foundling.[ɑ̃fɑ̃] adjectif1. [jeune]2. [naïf] childlike————————[ɑ̃fɑ̃] nom masculin et fémininun enfant à naître an unborn child ou babyne fais pas l'enfant! act your age!, don't be such a baby!, grow up!enfant naturel/légitime illegitimate/legitimate childenfant sauvage [vivant à l'état sauvage] wolf childgrand enfant overgrown child, big kidpetit enfant infant, little child, small child2. [descendant] childavoir de jeunes enfants/de grands enfants to have a young family/grown-up childrenun enfant de la crise/des années 80 a child of the depression/of the 80sa. [théâtre] I was born into the theatreb. [cirque] I was born under the big topa. [homme] son of the soilb. [femme] daughter of the soil3. [en appellatif] childbelle enfant dear girl ou childbon enfant locution adjectivale invariable————————d'enfant locution adjectivale[des enfants - dessin, imagination] child's
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