Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

love child

/ˈlʌv ˌtʃaɪld/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: love child
IPA: /ˈlʌv ˌtʃaɪld/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.

noun

Something that includes influences of multiple predecessors.

Example Sentences

"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?"
"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)."
"Love child, never meant to be / Love child, born in poverty"
"The grunge genre was the love child of punk and metal."

Etymology

From love + child.

Inflected Forms

love children (plural) love-child (alternative) lovechild (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

birthchild brainchild

Synonyms

bastard bantling bastardling bastid batchelor's son by-blow degenerate fruit of adultery haramzada illegitimate love child mamzer

Questions

How do you pronounce love child?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlʌv ˌtʃaɪld/.
What does love child mean?: A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
Where does love child come from?: From love + child.

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