brainchild

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbreɪntʃaɪld/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(brān′chīld′)

Inflections of 'brainchild' (n): npl: brainchildren

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
brain•child /ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -chil•dren. 
  1. a product of one's thinking or planning:The school play was his brainchild, not mine.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
brain•child  (brān′chīld′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -chil•dren. 
  1. a product of one's creative work or thought.
Also, brain′-child′, brain′ child′. 
  • brain + child 1880–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
brainchild / ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld/ ( -children)
  1. an idea or plan produced by creative thought; invention

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