Definitions for childhoodˈtʃaɪld hʊd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
child•hoodˈtʃaɪld hʊd(n.)
the state or period of being a child.
the early stage in the existence of something.
Origin of childhood:
bef. 950
Princeton's WordNet
childhood(noun)
the time of person's life when they are a child
childhood, puerility(noun)
the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
childhood(noun)ˈtʃaɪld hʊd
a time when sb is a child
an unhappy childhood; childhood dreams
Wiktionary
childhood(Noun)
The state of being a child.
childhood(Noun)
The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
childhood(Noun)
The early stages of development of something.
Origin: From childhod, from cildhad, from cild + -had, equivalent to .
Webster Dictionary
Childhood(noun)
the state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty
Childhood(noun)
children, taken collectively
Childhood(noun)
the commencement; the first period
Translations for childhood
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- kinderjareAfrikaans

- طُفولَه، سِن الطُّفولَهArabic

- детствоBulgarian

- infânciaPortuguese (BR)

- dětstvíCzech

- die KindheitGerman

- barndomDanish

- παιδική ηλικίαGreek

- lapsepõlvEstonian

- دوران بچگیFarsi

- lapsuusFinnish

- enfanceFrench

- יָלדוּתHebrew

- बचपनHindi

- djetinjstvoCroatian

- gyermekkorHungarian

- masa kanak-kanakIndonesian

- barnæskaIcelandic

- infanziaItalian

- 幼年時代Japanese

- 유년기Korean

- vaikystėLithuanian

- bērnībaLatvian

- zaman kanak-kanakMalay

- jeugdDutch

- barndomNorwegian

- dzieciństwoPolish

- دوران بچگیPersian

- ماشومتوب، كوچنيوالى، وړكتوبPashto

- infânciaPortuguese

- copilărieRomanian

- детствоRussian

- detstvoSlovak

- otroštvoSlovenian

- detinjstvoSerbian

- barndomSwedish

- วัยเด็กThai

- çocukluk (dönemi)Turkish

- 童年Chinese (Trad.)

- дитинствоUkrainian

- بچپن ، طفلیUrdu

- thời thơ ấuVietnamese

- 童年Chinese (Simp.)

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