enfance

French

Etymology

From Old French enfance, borrowed from Latin īnfāntia, from īnfāns (“unable to speak”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃s/
  • audio (l'enfance)(file)

Noun

enfance f (plural enfances)

  1. (countable and uncountable) childhood

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfāntia.

Noun

enfance f (oblique plural enfances, nominative singular enfance, nominative plural enfances)

  1. childhood

Descendants
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