natural child

noun

An illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents.

Meanings

nounnatural child (plural natural children)

plural natural children

  1. An illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents.

    Synonyms: outside child, love-child, born in the vestry, bastard, son of a whore

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 私生子
  • 私生子 (sīshēngzǐ)child born to unmarried parents
Danish uægte barn
  • uægte barnchild born to unmarried parents
Dutch liefdeskind
  • liefdeskindchild born to unmarried parents
Esperanto eksteredzeco
  • eksteredzecochild born to unmarried parents
Estonian sohilaps
  • sohilapschild born to unmarried parents
Finnish avioton lapsi, lehtolapsi
  • avioton lapsichild born to unmarried parents
  • lehtolapsichild born to unmarried parents
French enfant de l'amour
  • enfant de l'amourchild born to unmarried parents
German Kind der Liebe, außereheliches Kind
  • Kind der Liebechild born to unmarried parents
  • außereheliches Kindchild born to unmarried parents
  • uneheliches Kindchild born to unmarried parents
Hungarian szerelemgyerek
  • szerelemgyerekchild born to unmarried parents
Italian figlio illegittimo
  • figlio illegittimochild born to unmarried parents
Japanese 私生児, ラブチャイルド
  • 私生児 (shiseiji)child born to unmarried parents
  • ラブチャイルド (rabu chairudo)child born to unmarried parents
Latvian ārlaulības bērns
  • ārlaulības bērnschild born to unmarried parents
Portuguese filho ilegítimo
  • filho ilegítimochild born to unmarried parents
Russian дитя́ любви́, внебра́чный ребёнок
  • дитя́ любви́ (ditjá ljubví)child born to unmarried parents
  • внебра́чный ребёнок (vnebráčnyj rebjónok)child born to unmarried parents
Scottish Gaelic mac dìolain, nighean dhìolain
  • mac dìolainchild born to unmarried parents
  • nighean dhìolainchild born to unmarried parents
Spanish hijo natural, hija natural
  • hijo naturalchild born to unmarried parents
  • hija naturalchild born to unmarried parents
Swedish kärleksbarn
  • kärleksbarnchild born to unmarried parents
Turkish gayrimeşru çocuk
  • gayrimeşru çocukchild born to unmarried parents
Cite this entry
APA

natural child. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20child

MLA

“natural child.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20child. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “natural child,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20child.

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