Meanings
plural only children
- A person who has no siblings; a person raised as the sole child in a household.
An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled.
1 more example
Tali: It's my father. He's the senior member of the Admiralty Board. He's one of only five people who can overrule the decisions of the Conclave for the good of the Migrant Fleet. Tali: My father is responsible for the lives of seventeen million people -- our entire race is in his hands. And I'm his only child.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1Synonyms: oneling, onlyborn, single child
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who has no siblings; a person raised as the sole child in a household.
Translations
Catalan fill únic, filla única
- fill únicperson who has no siblings
- filla únicaperson who has no siblings
Chinese Cantonese 獨仔 /独仔, 獨生仔 /独生仔
- 獨仔 /独仔 (duk⁶ zai²)person who has no siblings
- 獨生仔 /独生仔 (duk⁶ saang¹ zai²)person who has no siblings
- 單傳 /单传 (daan¹ cyun⁴)person who has no siblings
Chinese Mandarin 獨生子女 /独生子女
- 獨生子女 /独生子女 (dúshēng zǐnǚ)person who has no siblings
Czech jedináček, jedináčka
- jedináčekperson who has no siblings
- jedináčkaperson who has no siblings
Danish enebarn
- enebarnperson who has no siblings
Dutch enig kind
- enig kindperson who has no siblings
Esperanto solenaskito, solenaskita infano
- solenaskitoperson who has no siblings
- solenaskita infanoperson who has no siblings
- solinfanoperson who has no siblings
- solfiloperson who has no siblings
- solfilinoperson who has no siblings
Finnish ainokainen, ainoa lapsi
- ainokainenperson who has no siblings
- ainoa lapsiperson who has no siblings
French enfant unique, fils unique
- enfant uniqueperson who has no siblings
- fils uniqueperson who has no siblings
- fille uniqueperson who has no siblings
German Einzelkind
- Einzelkindperson who has no siblings
Greek μοναχοπαίδι
- μοναχοπαίδι (monachopaídi)person who has no siblings
Hebrew בן יחיד
- בן יחידperson who has no siblings
Hindi इकलौता
- इकलौता (iklautā)person who has no siblings
Hungarian egyke
- egykeperson who has no siblings
Icelandic einbirni, einkabarn
- einbirniperson who has no siblings
- einkabarnperson who has no siblings
Indonesian anak tunggal
- anak tunggalperson who has no siblings
Irish aonghin
- aonghinperson who has no siblings
Italian figlio unico, figlia unica
- figlio unicoperson who has no siblings
- figlia unicaperson who has no siblings
Japanese 一人っ子, 一粒種
- 一人っ子 (hitorikko)person who has no siblings
- 一粒種 (hitotsubudane)person who has no siblings
Korean 외동
- 외동 (oedong)person who has no siblings
Malay anak tunggal
- anak tunggalperson who has no siblings
Māori huatahi, tautahi
- huatahiperson who has no siblings
- tautahiperson who has no siblings
Norwegian Bokmål enebarn
- enebarnperson who has no siblings
Persian تکفرزند
- تکفرزند (tak-farzand)person who has no siblings
Polish jedynak, jedynaczka
- jedynakperson who has no siblings
- jedynaczkaperson who has no siblings
Portuguese filho único, filha única
- filho únicoperson who has no siblings
- filha únicaperson who has no siblings
Russian еди́нственный ребёнок
- еди́нственный ребёнок (jedínstvennyj rebjónok)person who has no siblings
Slovak jedináčik, jedináčička
- jedináčikperson who has no siblings
- jedináčičkaperson who has no siblings
Spanish hijo único, hija única
- hijo únicoperson who has no siblings
- hija únicaperson who has no siblings
Swedish ensambarn
- ensambarnperson who has no siblings
Tagalog bugtong na anak
- bugtong na anakperson who has no siblings
Tamil ஒரே பிள்ளை
- ஒரே பிள்ளை (orē piḷḷai)person who has no siblings
Turkish tek çocuk
- tek çocukperson who has no siblings
Vietnamese con một
- con mộtperson who has no siblings
Welsh unig blentyn
- unig blentynperson who has no siblings
Cite this entry
only child. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/only%20child
“only child.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/only%20child. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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