childhood

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• /ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/
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From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”).

266 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕘𐔰𐕙𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ġareun) — state of being a child
• Albanian: fëmijëri — state of being a child
• Albanian: vogëli — state of being a child
• Southern Altai: бала тужы (bala tužï) — state of being a child
• Southern Altai: бала туш (bala tuš) — state of being a child
• Southern Altai: јаш (ǰaš) — state of being a child
• Arabic: طُفُولَة (ṭufūla) — state of being a child
• Assamese: ল’ৰালি (lörali) — state of being a child
• Assamese: শৈশৱ (xoixob) — state of being a child
• Belarusian: дзяці́нства (dzjacínstva) — state of being a child
• Bengali: শৈশব (śōiśob) — state of being a child
• Bhojpuri: बचपन (bacəpan) — state of being a child
• Bulgarian: де́тство (détstvo) — state of being a child
• Burmese: သူငယ်ဘဝ (su-ngaibha.wa.) — state of being a child
• Catalan: infància — state of being a child
• Catalan: infantesa — state of being a child
• Chichewa: ubwana — state of being a child
• Chinese Cantonese: 童年 — state of being a child
• Chinese Cantonese: 幼年 (jau3 nin4) — state of being a child
• Chinese Mandarin: 童年 (tóngnián) — state of being a child
• Chinese Mandarin: 幼年 (yòunián) — state of being a child
• Chinese Mandarin: 兒童期 /儿童期 (értóngqī) — state of being a child
• Crimean Tatar: balalıq — state of being a child
• Czech: dětství — state of being a child
• Danish: barndom — state of being a child
• Egyptian: X:r-d-w-Xrd-Z3 (ẖrdw) — state of being a child
• Egyptian: n:x:n-t-Xrd (nḫnt) — state of being a child
• Egyptian: n:x:n-nw-w-Xrd (nḫnw) — state of being a child
• Esperanto: infaneco — state of being a child
• Faroese: barndómur — state of being a child
• Finnish: lapseus — state of being a child
• French: enfance — state of being a child
• Galician: infancia — state of being a child
• Galician: nenez — state of being a child
• Georgian: ბავშვობა (bavšvoba) — state of being a child
• German: Kindheit — state of being a child
• German: Kindschaft — state of being a child
• Greek: παιδική ηλικία (paidikí ilikía) — state of being a child
• Gujarati: બચપણ (bacpaṇ) — state of being a child
• Gujarati: બાળપણ (bāḷpaṇ) — state of being a child
• Gujarati: નાનપણ (nānpaṇ) — state of being a child
• Gujarati: બચગી (bacgī) — state of being a child
• Hebrew: יַלְדוּת (yaldút) — state of being a child
• Hindi: बचपन (bacpan) — state of being a child
• Hindi: बालपन (bālpan) — state of being a child
• Hindi: बालअवस्था (bālaavasthā) — state of being a child
• Hungarian: gyermekkor — state of being a child
• Icelandic: barnæska — state of being a child
• Italian: infanzia — state of being a child
• Japanese: 小児期 (shōniki) — state of being a child
• Japanese: 幼年 (yōnen) — state of being a child
• Kalmyk: бичкндк цагнь (biçkndk tsagnʹ) — state of being a child
• Kazakh: балалық (balalyq) — state of being a child
• Korean: 어린이성 (eoriniseong) — state of being a child
• Korean: 어린 시절 (eorin sijeol) — state of being a child
• Korean: 유년 (yunyeon) — state of being a child
• Central Kurdish: مناڵی (mnallî) — state of being a child
• Latin: pueritia — state of being a child
• Latvian: bērnība — state of being a child
• Lithuanian: vaikystė — state of being a child
• Macedonian: детство (detstvo) — state of being a child
• Macedonian: детинство (detinstvo) — state of being a child
• Maltese: tfulija — state of being a child
• Māori: whanaketanga — state of being a child
• Marathi: लहानपण (lahānpaṇ) — state of being a child
• Marathi: बालपण (bālpaṇ) — state of being a child
• Marathi: बाल्य (bālya) — state of being a child
• Mongolian: бага нас (baga nas) — state of being a child
• Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠨᠠᠰᠤ (baɣ-a nasu) — state of being a child
• Norwegian Bokmål: barndom — state of being a child
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barndom — state of being a child
• Old English: ċildhād — state of being a child
• Pali: bālya — state of being a child
• Pannonian Rusyn: дзецинство (dzecinstvo) — state of being a child
• Iranian Persian: بَچِگی (bačegi) — state of being a child
• Iranian Persian: کودَکی (kudaki) — state of being a child
• Polish: dzieciństwo — state of being a child
• Portuguese: infância — state of being a child
• Romanian: copilărie — state of being a child
• Russian: де́тство (détstvo) — state of being a child
• Northern Sami: mánnávuohta — state of being a child
• Sanskrit: अपत्यता (apatyatā) — state of being a child
• Sanskrit: बाल्य (bālya) — state of being a child
• Serbo-Croatian: дѐтӣњство — state of being a child
• Serbo-Croatian: дјѐтӣњство — state of being a child
• Serbo-Croatian: ђѐтӣњство — state of being a child
• Serbo-Croatian: dètīnjstvo — state of being a child
• Serbo-Croatian: djètīnjstvo — state of being a child
• Serbo-Croatian: đètīnjstvo — state of being a child
• Slovak: detstvo — state of being a child
• Slovene: otroštvo — state of being a child
• Slovene: detinstvo — state of being a child
• Upper Sorbian: dźěćatstwo — state of being a child
• Swahili: uana — state of being a child
• Swahili: utoto — state of being a child
• Swedish: barndom — state of being a child
• Tagalog: pagkabata — state of being a child
• Tajik: бачагӣ (bačagi) — state of being a child
• Tajik: кӯдакӣ (küdaki) — state of being a child
• Telugu: బాల్యం (bālyaṁ) — state of being a child
• Thai: วัยเด็ก (wai-dèk) — state of being a child
• Turkish: çocukluk — state of being a child
• Udmurt: покчилык (pokćilyk) — state of being a child
• Udmurt: пичилык (pićilyk) — state of being a child
• Ukrainian: дити́нство (dytýnstvo) — state of being a child
• Urdu: بَچْپَن (bacpan) — state of being a child
• Volapük: cilüp — state of being a child
• Welsh: plentyndod — state of being a child
• Zulu: ubungane — state of being a child
• Zulu: ubuntwana — state of being a child
• Albanian: foshnjëri — time when one is a child
• Albanian: fëmijëri — time when one is a child
• Arabic: طُفُولَة (ṭufūla) — time when one is a child
• Armenian: մանկություն (mankutʻyun) — time when one is a child
• Assamese: ল’ৰালিকাল (löralikal) — time when one is a child
• Assamese: শৈশৱকাল (xoixobkal) — time when one is a child
• Assamese: বাল্যকাল (baillokal) — time when one is a child
• Azerbaijani: uşaqlıq — time when one is a child
• Azerbaijani: uşaq vaxtı — time when one is a child
• Bashkir: бала саҡ (bala saq) — time when one is a child
• Basque: haurtzaro — time when one is a child
• Belarusian: дзяці́нства (dzjacínstva) — time when one is a child
• Bengali: শৈশব (śōiśob) — time when one is a child
• Bengali: ছোটবেলা (chōṭobela) — time when one is a child
• Bengali: ছেলেবেলা (chelebela) — time when one is a child
• Bulgarian: де́тство (détstvo) — time when one is a child
• Catalan: infància — time when one is a child
• Chinese Cantonese: 童年 — time when one is a child
• Chinese Cantonese: 幼年 (jau3 nin4) — time when one is a child
• Chinese Mandarin: 童年 (tóngnián) — time when one is a child
• Chinese Mandarin: 幼年 (yòunián) — time when one is a child
• Chinese Mandarin: 兒童期 /儿童期 (értóngqī) — time when one is a child
• Chinese Mandarin: 齠年 /龆年 (tiáonián) — time when one is a child
• Crimean Tatar: balalıq — time when one is a child
• Czech: dětství — time when one is a child
• Danish: barndom — time when one is a child
• Danish: barndomstid — time when one is a child
• Dutch: kinderjaren — time when one is a child
• Dutch: kindertijd — time when one is a child
• Esperanto: infanaĝo — time when one is a child
• Estonian: lapsepõlv — time when one is a child
• Estonian: lapseiga — time when one is a child
• Faroese: barndómur — time when one is a child
• Faroese: barnaár — time when one is a child
• Faroese: óvitaár — time when one is a child
• Finnish: lapsuus — time when one is a child
• French: enfance — time when one is a child
• Georgian: ბავშვობა (bavšvoba) — time when one is a child
• German: Kindheit — time when one is a child
• German: Kinderzeit — time when one is a child
• East Central German: Kindhaat — time when one is a child
• Greek: παιδική ηλικία (paidikí ilikía) — time when one is a child
• Hebrew: יַלְדוּת (yaldút) — time when one is a child
• Hindi: बचपन (bacpan) — time when one is a child
• Hindi: बालपन (bālpan) — time when one is a child
• Hungarian: gyermekkor — time when one is a child
• Icelandic: barnæska — time when one is a child
• Italian: infanzia — time when one is a child
• Japanese: 子供時代 (kodomo jidai) — time when one is a child
• Japanese: 幼年時代 (yōnen jidai) — time when one is a child
• Kazakh: балалық шақ (balalyq şaq) — time when one is a child
• Kazakh: балалық (balalyq) — time when one is a child
• Khmer: កុមារភាព (komaaphiəp) — time when one is a child
• Khmer: តំណូច (tɑmnouc) — time when one is a child
• Korean: 유년 시대 (yunyeon sidae) — time when one is a child
• Korean: 어린 시절 (eorin sijeol) — time when one is a child
• Central Kurdish: مناڵی (mnallî) — time when one is a child
• Northern Kurdish: zarokî — time when one is a child
• Northern Kurdish: zarotî — time when one is a child
• Kyrgyz: балалык (balalık) — time when one is a child
• Kyrgyz: балалык чак (balalık cak) — time when one is a child
• Ladino: chikez — time when one is a child
• Lao: ໄວເດັກ (wai dek) — time when one is a child
• Latvian: bērnība — time when one is a child
• Lithuanian: vaikystė — time when one is a child
• Macedonian: детство (detstvo) — time when one is a child
• Macedonian: детинство (detinstvo) — time when one is a child
• Malayalam: കുട്ടിക്കാലം (kuṭṭikkālaṁ) — time when one is a child
• Maltese: tfulija — time when one is a child
• Māori: whanaketanga — time when one is a child
• Māori: hokoitinga — time when one is a child
• Marathi: लहानपण (lahānpaṇ) — time when one is a child
• Marathi: बालपण (bālpaṇ) — time when one is a child
• Marathi: बाल्य (bālya) — time when one is a child
• Middle English: childhode — time when one is a child
• Norwegian Bokmål: barndom — time when one is a child
• Norwegian Bokmål: barndomstid — time when one is a child
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barndom — time when one is a child
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barndomstid — time when one is a child
• Old Norse: barnǿska — time when one is a child
• Pannonian Rusyn: дзецинство (dzecinstvo) — time when one is a child
• Pashto: ماشومتوب (māšumtób) — time when one is a child
• Pashto: طفلي (teflí) — time when one is a child
• Pashto: طفوليت (tofulyát) — time when one is a child
• Iranian Persian: بَچِگی (bačegi) — time when one is a child
• Iranian Persian: کودَکی (kudaki) — time when one is a child
• Polish: dzieciństwo — time when one is a child
• Portuguese: infância — time when one is a child
• Romanian: copilărie — time when one is a child
• Russian: де́тство (détstvo) — time when one is a child
• Russian: о́трочество (ótročestvo) — time when one is a child
• Northern Sami: mánnávuohta — time when one is a child
• Serbo-Croatian: дѐтӣњство — time when one is a child
• Serbo-Croatian: дјѐтӣњство — time when one is a child
• Serbo-Croatian: ђѐтӣњство — time when one is a child
• Serbo-Croatian: dètīnjstvo — time when one is a child
• Serbo-Croatian: djètīnjstvo — time when one is a child
• Serbo-Croatian: đètīnjstvo — time when one is a child
• Slovak: detstvo — time when one is a child
• Slovene: otroštvo — time when one is a child
• Slovene: detinstvo — time when one is a child
• Upper Sorbian: dźěćatstwo — time when one is a child
• Spanish: niñez — time when one is a child
• Spanish: puericia — time when one is a child
• Swahili: utoto — time when one is a child
• Swedish: barndom — time when one is a child
• Tajik: бачагӣ (bačagi) — time when one is a child
• Tajik: кӯдакӣ (küdaki) — time when one is a child
• Telugu: బాల్యం (bālyaṁ) — time when one is a child
• Thai: วัยเด็ก (wai-dèk) — time when one is a child
• Turkish: çocukluk — time when one is a child
• Turkmen: çagalyk — time when one is a child
• Turkmen: oğlanlyk — time when one is a child
• Ukrainian: дити́нство (dytýnstvo) — time when one is a child
• Urdu: بَچْپَن (bacpan) — time when one is a child
• Uzbek: bolalik — time when one is a child
• Vietnamese: tuổi thơ — time when one is a child
• Volapük: cilüp — time when one is a child
• Welsh: plentyndod — time when one is a child
• Yiddish: קינדשאַפֿט (kindshaft) — time when one is a child
• Yiddish: קינדעריאָרן (kinderyorn) — time when one is a child
• Zazaki: domaniye — time when one is a child
• Zulu: ubungane — time when one is a child
• Zulu: ubuntwana — time when one is a child
• Chinese Cantonese: 初時 /初时 (co1 si4) — early stages of development of something
• Chinese Cantonese: 開頭 /开头 (hoi1 tau4) — early stages of development of something
• Chinese Cantonese: 初段 (co1 dyun6) — early stages of development of something
• Chinese Cantonese: 初頭 /初头 (co1 tau4) — early stages of development of something
• Chinese Cantonese: 開初 /开初 (hoi1 co1) — early stages of development of something
• Chinese Cantonese: 早期 (zou2 kei4) — early stages of development of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 初期 (chūqī) — early stages of development of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 起步階段 /起步阶段 (qǐbù jiēduàn) — early stages of development of something
• Finnish: lapsuus — early stages of development of something
• German: Kindheit — early stages of development of something
• German: Anfangszeit — early stages of development of something
• German: Frühzeit — early stages of development of something
• German: Jugend — early stages of development of something
• German: Kinderzeit — early stages of development of something
• Greek: πρώτα στάδια (próta stádia) — early stages of development of something
• Greek: παιδική ηλικία (paidikí ilikía) — early stages of development of something
• Hindi: आरंभिक (ārambhik) — early stages of development of something
• Hungarian: gyerekcipőben jár — early stages of development of something
• Hungarian: kezdeti szakasz — early stages of development of something
• Hungarian: korai szakasz — early stages of development of something
• Japanese: 初期 (shoki) — early stages of development of something
• Korean: 초기 (chogi) — early stages of development of something
• Latvian: bērnība — early stages of development of something
• Macedonian: детство (detstvo) — early stages of development of something
• Portuguese: infância — early stages of development of something
• Russian: де́тство (détstvo) — early stages of development of something
• Serbo-Croatian: дѐтӣњство — early stages of development of something
• Serbo-Croatian: дјѐтӣњство — early stages of development of something
• Serbo-Croatian: ђѐтӣњство — early stages of development of something
• Serbo-Croatian: dètīnjstvo — early stages of development of something
• Serbo-Croatian: djètīnjstvo — early stages of development of something
• Serbo-Croatian: đètīnjstvo — early stages of development of something