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love child en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlʌv ˌtʃaɪld/

Etymology

From love + child.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
   • Two thousand a-year without debt or drawback — except for the little love-child, indeed; aye, I had forgot her; but she may be 'prenticed out at a small cost, and then what does it signify? 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 30, in Sense and Sensibility:
   • Love child, never meant to be / Love child, born in poverty 1968, “Love Child”, performed by The Supremes:
   • Nobody ever came to see her, nobody spoke of her, nobody cared about her. Mr Brass had said once, that he believed she was a ‘love-child’ (which means anything but a child of love). 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 36, in The Old Curiosity Shop:
2. Something that includes influences of multiple predecessors.
   • The grunge genre was the love child of punk and metal.

Forms

Relateds

birthchild · brainchild

Synonyms

haramzada · batchelor's son · misbegotten · nullius filius · bastardling · illegitimate · outside child · fruit of adultery · degenerate · mamzer · natural child · love child · bantling · bastid · slink · bastard · bastard · by-blow · whoreson

Translations (37)

pl owoc miłości (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · fi lehtolapsi (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ja 隠し子 (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · nl liefdeskind (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · id anak luar nikah (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · et sohilaps (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · pt ilegítimo (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ro copil din flori (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · vo nematikacil (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · bg извънбра́чно дете́ (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · cmn 私生兒 /私生儿 (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ja ラブチャイルド (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · fr enfant de l'amour (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · hu szerelemgyerek (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · de uneheliches Kind (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ga páiste suirí (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · fi avioton lapsi (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · es hijo natural (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · cmn 私生子 (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ja 落とし子 (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ko 러브 차일드 (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ja 私生児 (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · it figlio illegittimo (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ru дитя́ любви́ (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ia filio illegitime (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · es hija natural (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · tr gayrimeşru çocuk (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ru внебра́чный ребёнок (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · eo eksteredzeca infano (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · nv yátashkiʼ (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ko 사생아 (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · da kærlighedsbarn (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · de Kind der Liebe (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · de außereheliches Kind (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · nv wótashkiʼ (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · sv kärleksbarn (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) · ms anak luar nikah (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents)

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