infancy

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being an infant.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An early stage in the development of anything.
4. (countable, uncountable) The state of being a minor.

Concepts

enfance

petite enfance

infantile

minorité civile

prime enfance

minorité

enfant

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Synonymes

childhood

babyhood

early childhood

immaturity

pupilage

juvenility

youth

tender age

birth

infantile

juvenile stage

namely

nonage

old age

puerility

beginning

silence

speechlessness

tenderness

juvenile period

youthfulness

young stage

in cradle

diaper days

infantile stage

topographic infancy

topographic youth

cradle

decrepitude

childish

Traductions

infanzia

infancia

frühe Kindheit

Kindheit

infância

primeira infância

Kinderzeit

νηπιακή ηλικία

kindsheid

infància

īnfantia

infantia

Anfangsphase

Kindesalter

infantesa

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɪnfənsi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: infancie

In summary

From Middle English infancie, from Latin īnfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant + -cy.