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a. a newborn or recently born child; infant. b. (as modifier): baby food. 2. (Anatomy) an unborn child; fetus. 3. the youngest or smallest of a family or group. 4. (Zoology) a. a newborn or recently born animal. b. (as modifier): baby rabbits. 5. usually derogatory an immature person. 6. slang a young woman or sweetheart: often used as a term of address expressing affection.
An infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning unable to speak or speechless) is the very young offspring of a human or other animal. When applied to humans, the term is usually considered synonymous with baby or bairn (in Scottish English), but the latter is commonly applied to the young of any animal.