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childhood

/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/

childhoodnoun

childhoods

Translations

She often reminisces about her happy childhood spent in the countryside.

Elle se remémore souvent son heureuse enfance passée à la campagne.

Additional translations

enfanceAu sens figuré pour désigner le début ou les premiers temps de l'existence de quelque chose.

Definitions

The period in a person's life from birth to adolescence.

She often reminisces about her happy childhood spent in the countryside.

The state or condition of being a child.

His childhood was marked by frequent moves due to his parents' jobs.

The early stage in the development or existence of something.

In the childhood of the Internet, websites were mostly static pages.

Synonyms

early years

childhoodadjective

/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/

Used attributively before nouns (e.g. "childhood friend") to mean 'relating to childhood'.

Translations

They shared their childhood memories over dinner.

Ils ont partagé leurs souvenirs d'enfance pendant le dîner.

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of childhood.

They shared their childhood memories over dinner.

Synonyms