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diaperhood

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈdaɪ.pɚ.hʊd/
  • General-American: /ˈdaɪ.ə.pɚ.hʊd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.pə.hʊd/
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noun

Meaning 1

The period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From diaper + -hood.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: blealder — period of wearing diapers
  • Dutch: luiertijd — period of wearing diapers
  • Dutch: babytijd — period of wearing diapers
  • Esperanto: vindotukaĝo — period of wearing diapers
  • Finnish: vaippaikä — period of wearing diapers
  • Korean: 영아기 (yeong'agi) — period of wearing diapers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bleiealder — period of wearing diapers
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bleiealder — period of wearing diapers
  • Russian: младе́нчество (mladénčestvo) — period of wearing diapers
  • Swedish: blöjålder — period of wearing diapers