little one (plural little ones)

1. A young child.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:child

   The toy store was full of little ones.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC ↗, Canto XXI, page 36 ↗:

     ⁠I do but sing because I must,
     And pipe but as the linnets sing:
     And unto one her note is gay,
     ⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
     ⁠And unto one her note is changed,
     Because her brood is stol’n away.

2. A term of endearment, especially toward a child.

• French: tout-petit, toute-petite
• Russian: малы́ш

• French: petit, petite
• Russian: кро́шка
• Spanish: pequeño, pequeña