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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

العربية الطّفولة صغر طفولة
Azərbaycan dili uşaqlıq
Беларуская дзяцінства
Български детство
বাংলা ছেলেবেলা শৈশব
Bosanski detinjstvo djetinjstvo đetinjstvo детињство дјетињство
Català infància infantesa
Čeština dětství
Dansk barndom barndomstid
Deutsch Anfangszeit Frühzeit Jugend Kinderzeit Kindheit Kindschaft
Esperanto infanaĝo infaneco
Español niñez puericia
Eesti lapsepõlv
Euskara haurtzaro
Suomi lapseus lapsuudenaikainen lapsuus lapsuusikä
Français enfance
Gàidhlig losgann
Galego infancia nenez
ગુજરાતી નાનપણ બાળપણ
עברית ילדות
हिन्दी आरंभिक छुटपन बचपन बालअवस्था बालपन बाल्यकाल बाल्यावस्था लड़कपन शैशव
Hrvatski detinjstvo djetinjstvo đetinjstvo детињство дјетињство
Magyar gyerekcipőben jár gyermekkor
Հայերեն մանկություն
Íslenska barnæska
Italiano infanzia
日本語 初期 子供時代 小児期 幼 幼年 幼年時代
ქართული ბავშვობა
Қазақ тілі балалық
ភាសាខ្មែរ កុមារភាព តំណូច
한국어 어린 시절 어린이성 유년 유년 시대 초기
Latina parvum puerilitas pueritia
Lietuvių vaikystė
Latviešu bērnība
Македонски детинство детство
മലയാളം കുട്ടിക്കാലം
Монгол бага нас
मराठी बालपण बाल्य लहानपण
Malti tfulija
Nederlands kinderjaren kindertijd
Polski dziecięctwo dzieciństwo maleństwo
Português infância
Română copilărie
Русский детство отрочество
Slovenčina detstvo
Slovenščina otroštvo
Shqip fëmijëri vogëli
Српски detinjstvo djetinjstvo đetinjstvo детињство дјетињство
Svenska barndom
Kiswahili uana utoto
తెలుగు బాల్యం
ไทย วัยเด็ก
Türkmençe çagalyk
Tagalog pagkabata
Türkçe çocukluk
Українська дитинство
اردو بچپن
O'zbekcha bolalik
Tiếng Việt thuở bé thuở nhỏ tuổi thơ
isiZulu ubungane ubuntwana

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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See also

childhood autism childhood disintegrative disorder childhood friend childhood memory Childhoods childie

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