babyhood

English

Etymology

From baby +‎ -hood.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪbihʊd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

babyhood (countable and uncountable, plural babyhoods)

1. The state or period of infancy.
   • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 129:

     Radulph hid his face in his hands and for the first time since babyhood, prayed […]

Related terms

• babyship

Translations

state or period of infancy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼兒期／幼儿期 (zh) (yòu'érqī)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: bebaĝo
• Finnish: varhaislapsuus (fi)
• French: enfance (fr) f (under three years)
• Icelandic: frumbernska f, vítvoðungsaldur m
• Italian: infanzia (it) f
• Portuguese: infância (pt) f
• Romanian: pruncie (ro) f
• Russian: младе́нчество (ru) n (mladénčestvo)

See also

• infanthood