enfance
French
Etymology
From Old French enfance, borrowed from Latin īnfāntia, from īnfāns (“unable to speak”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃s/
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audio (l'enfance) (file)
Noun
enfance f (plural enfances)
- (countable and uncountable) childhood
Related terms
Further reading
- “enfance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Noun
enfance f (oblique plural enfances, nominative singular enfance, nominative plural enfances)
Related terms
Descendants
- French: enfance
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