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Meaning of childhood | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd

Definitions

  1. The state of being a child.
    uncountable
  2. The state of being a child
  3. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty
  4. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
    countable, uncountable
  5. The early stages of development of something
  6. The early stages of development of something.
    broadly, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca uşaqlıq
Беларуская дзяцінства
Български детство
Čeština dětství
Esperanto infanaĝo infaneco
Español niñez puericia
Eesti lapsepõlv
Euskara haurtzaro
Français enfance
Galego infancia nenez
ગુજરાતી નાનપણ બાળપણ
עברית ילדות
Հայերեն մանկություն
Íslenska barnæska
Italiano infanzia
ქართული ბავშვობა
Қазақша балалық
Latina pueritia
Lietuvių vaikystė
Latviešu bērnība
Македонски детинство детство
Монгол бага нас
Malti tfulija
Nederlands kinderjaren kindertijd
Polski dzieciństwo
Português infância
Română copilărie
Slovenčina detstvo
Slovenščina otroštvo
Svenska barndom
Kiswahili uana utoto
తెలుగు బాల్యం
Türkmençe çagalyk
Tagalog pagkabata
Türkçe çocukluk
Українська дитинство
اردو بچپن
Oʻzbekcha bolalik
Tiếng Việt tuổi thơ

Examples

“To our own surprise, our 40-year study of 1,000 children revealed that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success, in people of high or low intelligence, in rich or poor, and does so throughout the entire population, with a step change in health, wealth, and social success at every level of self-control.”
“He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.”
“the childhood of our joy”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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