Definitions for childhood
ˈtʃaɪld hʊdchild·hood

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. childhood(noun)

   the time of person's life when they are a child

2. childhood, puerility(noun)

   the state of a child between infancy and adolescence

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. childhood(Noun)

   The state of being a child.

2. childhood(Noun)

   The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.

3. childhood(Noun)

   The early stages of development of something.

Origin: From childhod, from cildhad, from cild + -had, equivalent to .

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Childhood(noun)

   the state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty

2. Childhood(noun)

   children, taken collectively

3. Childhood(noun)

   the commencement; the first period

Origin: [AS. cildhd; cild child + -hd. See Child, and -hood.]

Freebase(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Childhood

   Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, childhood consists of two stages: preoperational stage and concrete operational stage. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Various childhood factors could affect a person's attitude formation.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'childhood' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3430

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'childhood' in Nouns Frequency: #1439

How to pronounce childhood ?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of childhood in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of childhood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of childhood in a Sentence

1. Amanda Schrader:

   I had a terrible childhood.

2. Bauldlaire:

   Genius is childhood recaptured.

3. Johann von Goethe:

   Life is the childhood of our immortality.

4. Wayne W Dyer:

   It's never to late to have a happy childhood.

5. Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker:

   Its never too late to have a happy childhood.

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