Meanings
plural natural children
- 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
natural child. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20child
“natural child.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20child. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “natural child,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natural%20child.
Source: natural child on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.