English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English childhode childhod Old English ċildhād ( “ childhood ” ) , equivalent to child -hood Dutch kindheid ( “ childishness ” ) , German Low German Kinnerheid ( “ childhood ” ) , and German Kindheit ( “ childhood ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] childhood (countable and uncountable plural childhoods
( chiefly uncountable ) child .
2013 Terrie Moffitt et al. , “Lifelong Impact of Early Self-Control ”, in American Scientist To our own surprise, our 40-year study of 1,000 children revealed that childhood self-control strongly predicts adult success, in people of high or low intelligence, in rich or poor, and does so throughout the entire population, with a step change in health, wealth, and social success at every level of self-control.
The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty .
( by extension ) development of something.
c. 1591–1595 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act III, scene iii] :the childhood of our joy
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] state of being a child
Aghwan: 𐕘𐔰𐕙𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎 ( ġareun )
Arabic: طُفُولَة (ar) f ( ṭufūla )
Assamese: ল’ৰালি ( lörali ) , শৈশৱ ( xoixob )
Belarusian: дзяці́нства n ( dzjacínstva )
Bengali: শৈশব (bn) ( śōiśob )
Bulgarian: де́тство (bg) n ( détstvo )
Burmese: သူငယ်ဘဝ ( su-ngaibha.wa. )
Catalan: infància (ca) f infantesa (ca)
Chichewa: ubwana
Chinese:
Cantonese: 童年 ( tung4 nin4 ) , 幼年 ( jau3 nin4 )
Mandarin: 童年 (zh) ( tóngnián ) , 幼年 (zh) ( yòunián ) , 兒童期 ／ 儿童期 (zh) ( értóngqī )
Crimean Tatar: balalıq
Czech: dětství (cs) n
Danish: barndom (da) c
Egyptian: (ẖrdw nḫnt nḫnw
Esperanto: infaneco
Faroese: barndómur m
Finnish: lapseus
French: enfance (fr) f
Galician: infancia f nenez f
Georgian: ბავშვობა ( bavšvoba )
German: Kindheit (de) f Kindschaft f
Greek: παιδική ηλικία f ( paidikí ilikía )
Hebrew: יַלְדוּת (he) f ( yaldút )
Hindi: बचपन (hi) m ( bacpan )
Hungarian: gyermekkor (hu)
Icelandic: barnæska (is) f
Italian: infanzia (it) f
Japanese: 小児期 ( しょうにき, shōniki ) , 幼年 (ja) ( ようねん, yōnen )
Kalmyk: бичкндк цагнь ( biçkndk tsagnʹ )
Kazakh: балалық ( balalyq )
Korean: 어린 이성 ( eoriniseong ) , 어린 시절 ( eorin sijeol ) , 유년(幼年) (ko) ( yunyeon )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مناڵی ( mnallî )
Latin: pueritia f
Latvian: bērnība f
Lithuanian: vaikystė f
Macedonian: детство n ( detstvo ) , детинство n ( detinstvo )
Maltese: tfulija f
Maori: whanaketanga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бага нас ( baga nas )
Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠠ ( bag-a nasu )
Northern Sami: mánnávuohta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: barndom (no) m
Nynorsk: barndom m
Old English: ċildhād m
Pali: bālya n
Persian: بچگی (fa) ( bačegi ) , کودکی (fa) ( kudaki )
Polish: dzieciństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: infância (pt) f
Romanian: copilărie (ro) f
Russian: де́тство (ru) n ( détstvo )
Sanskrit: अपत्यता (sa) f ( apatyatā ) , बाल्य (sa) n ( bālya )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дѐтӣњство n дјѐтӣњство n ђѐтӣњство n ( Montenegrin )
Roman: dètīnjstvo (sh) n djètīnjstvo (sh) , đètīnjstvo n ( Montenegrin )
Slovak: detstvo n
Slovene: otroštvo (sl) n detinstvo n
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: dźěćatstwo (hsb) n
Spanish: infancia (es) f
Swahili: uana utoto (sw)
Swedish: barndom (sv) c
Tagalog: pagkabata
Tajik: бачагӣ ( bačagī ) , кӯдакӣ ( küdakī )
Telugu: బాల్యం (te) ( bālyaṁ )
Thai: วัยเด็ก (th) ( wai-dèk )
Turkish: çocukluk (tr)
Ukrainian: дити́нство n ( dytýnstvo )
Urdu: بچپن m ( bacpan )
Volapük: cilüp (vo)
Welsh: plentyndod m
Zulu: ubungane class 14 , ubuntwana class 14
time when one is a child
Albanian: foshnjëri (sq) f fëmijëri (sq) f
Arabic: طُفُولَة (ar) f ( ṭufūla )
Armenian: մանկություն (hy) ( mankutʻyun )
Assamese: ল’ৰালিকাল ( löralikal ) , শৈশৱকাল ( xoixobkal ) , বাল্যকাল ( baillokal )
Azerbaijani: uşaqlıq uşaq vaxtı
Bashkir: бала саҡ ( bala saq )
Belarusian: дзяці́нства n ( dzjacínstva )
Bengali: শৈশব (bn) ( śōiśob ) , ছোটবেলা ( chōṭobela ) , ছেলেবেলা (bn) ( chelebela )
Bulgarian: де́тство (bg) n ( détstvo )
Catalan: infància (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 童年 ( tung4 nin4 ) , 幼年 ( jau3 nin4 )
Mandarin: 童年 (zh) ( tóngnián ) , 幼年 (zh) ( yòunián ) , 兒童期 ／ 儿童期 (zh) ( értóngqī ) , 齠年 ／ 龆年 (zh) ( tiáonián ) ( literary )
Crimean Tatar: balalıq
Czech: dětství (cs) n
Danish: barndom (da) c barndomstid c
Dutch: kinderjaren (nl) n kindertijd (nl) m
Esperanto: infanaĝo
Estonian: lapsepõlv lapseiga (et)
Faroese: barndómur m barnaár n pl óvitaár n pl
Finnish: lapsuus (fi)
French: enfance (fr) f
Georgian: ბავშვობა ( bavšvoba )
German: Kindheit (de) f Kinderzeit (de) f East Central German: Kindhaat ( Erzgebirgisch )
Greek: παιδική ηλικία f ( paidikí ilikía )
Hebrew: יַלְדוּת (he) f ( yaldút )
Hindi: बचपन (hi) m ( bacpan )
Hungarian: gyermekkor (hu)
Icelandic: barnæska (is) f
Italian: infanzia (it) f
Japanese: 子供 時代 ( kodomo jidai ) , 幼年 時代 ( ようねんじだい, yōnen jidai )
Kazakh: балалық шақ ( balalyq şaq ) , балалық ( balalyq )
Khmer: កុមារភាព (km) ( komaaphiəp ) , តំណូច (km) ( tɑmnouc )
Korean: 유년 시대 ( yunyeon sidae ) , 어린 시절 ( eorin sijeol )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مناڵی ( mnallî )
Northern Kurdish: zarokî (ku) , zarotî (ku)
Kyrgyz: балалык (ky) ( balalık ) , балалык чак ( balalık cak )
Ladino: chikez f
Lao: ໄວເດັກ ( wai dek )
Latvian: bērnība f
Lithuanian: vaikystė f
Macedonian: детство n ( detstvo ) , детинство n ( detinstvo )
Malayalam: കുട്ടിക്കാലം (ml) ( kuṭṭikkālaṁ )
Maltese: tfulija f
Maori: whanaketanga hokoitinga
Middle English: childhode
Northern Sami: mánnávuohta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: barndom (no) m barndomstid m or f
Nynorsk: barndom m barndomstid f
Old Norse: barnǿska f
Pashto: ماشومتوب m ( māšumtób ) , طفلي f ( teflí ) , طفوليت m ( tofulyát )
Persian: بچگی (fa) ( bačegi ) , کودکی (fa) ( kudaki )
Polish: dzieciństwo (pl) n
Portuguese: infância (pt) f
Romanian: copilărie (ro) f
Russian: де́тство (ru) n ( détstvo ) , о́трочество (ru) n ( ótročestvo ) ( adolescence )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дѐтӣњство n дјѐтӣњство n ђѐтӣњство n ( Montenegrin )
Roman: dètīnjstvo (sh) n djètīnjstvo (sh) , đètīnjstvo n ( Montenegrin )
Slovak: detstvo n
Slovene: otroštvo (sl) n detinstvo n
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: dźěćatstwo (hsb) n
Spanish: infancia (es) f niñez (es) f
Swahili: utoto (sw)
Swedish: barndom (sv) c
Tajik: бачагӣ ( bačagī ) , кӯдакӣ ( küdakī )
Telugu: బాల్యం (te) ( bālyaṁ )
Thai: วัยเด็ก (th) ( wai-dèk )
Turkish: çocukluk (tr)
Turkmen: çagalyk oğlanlyk
Ukrainian: дити́нство n ( dytýnstvo )
Urdu: بچپن m ( bacpan )
Uzbek: bolalik (uz)
Vietnamese: tuổi thơ (vi)
Volapük: cilüp (vo)
Welsh: plentyndod m
Yiddish: קינדשאַפֿט f ( kindshaft ) , קינדעריאָרן n pl ( kinderyorn )
Zazaki: domaniye f
Zulu: ubungane class 14 , ubuntwana class 14
early stages of development of something
Chinese:
Cantonese: 初時 ／ 初时 ( co1 si4 ) , 開頭 ／ 开头 ( hoi1 tau4 ) , 初段 ( co1 dyun6 ) , 初頭 ／ 初头 ( co1 tau4 ) , 開初 ／ 开初 ( hoi1 co1 ) , 早期 ( zou2 kei4 )
Mandarin: 初期 (zh) ( chūqī ) , 起步 階段 ／ 起步 阶段 ( qǐbù jiēduàn )
Finnish: lapsuus (fi)
German: Kindheit (de) f Anfangszeit (de) f Frühzeit (de) f Jugend (de) f Kinderzeit (de) f
Greek: πρώτα στάδια n ( próta stádia ) , παιδική ηλικία f ( paidikí ilikía )
Hungarian: gyerekcipőben jár kezdeti szakasz korai szakasz
Japanese: 初期 (ja) ( しょき, shoki )
Korean: 초기(初期) (ko) ( chogi )
Latvian: bērnība f
Macedonian: детство n ( detstvo )
Portuguese: infância (pt) f
Russian: де́тство (ru) n ( détstvo )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дѐтӣњство n дјѐтӣњство n ђѐтӣњство n ( Montenegrin )
Roman: dètīnjstvo (sh) n djètīnjstvo (sh) , đètīnjstvo n ( Montenegrin )
Translations to be checked
See also [ edit ] Middle English [ edit ] childhood
Alternative form of childhode 
