childhood

Meaning

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

Concepts

childhood

infancy

youth

babyhood

boyhood

tender age

immaturity

puerility

child

pupilage

birth

decrepitude

namely

old age

baby

infant

early stage

minority

early youth

extreme youth

childishness

girlhood

juvenile period

juvenile stage

topographic infancy

topographic youth

young stage

juvenility

Hyphenated as

child‧hood

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃaɪldhʊd/

Etymology

From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”), equivalent to child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”).

Sentences

During his childhood he was coached and trained by his mother and grandmother .