enfance
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French enfance, borrowed from Latin īnfāntia, from īnfāns (“unable to speak”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
enfance f (plural enfances)
- (countable and uncountable) childhood
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “enfance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
enfance oblique singular, f (oblique plural enfances, nominative singular enfance, nominative plural enfances)