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girlhood

/ˈɡɜːlhʊd/

/ˈɡɜrlhʊd/

girlhoodnoun

girlhoods

Translations

Her girlhood was spent in a small village.

Ее девичество прошло в маленькой деревне.

Definitions

The state or time of being a girl; the period of a female's life from childhood to adulthood.

She often reminisced about her girlhood days spent playing in the fields.

Girls considered as a class or group.

The novel offers a vivid portrait of Victorian girlhood.

Synonyms

girlhood years

girlhoodadjective

more girlhood

Comp.

most girlhood

Super.

/ˈɡɜːlhʊd/

/ˈɡɜrlhʊd/

Used attributively before a noun to denote a quality or period related to being a girl

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of the period when someone is a girl.

She returned to her girlhood home for the reunion.