"infancy" meaning in English

See infancy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪnfənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infancy.wav Forms: infancies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English infancie, from Latin īnfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant + -cy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|infancie}} Middle English infancie, {{der|en|la|īnfantia||infancy, early childhood; childishness}} Latin īnfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), {{suffix|en|infant|cy}} infant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} infancy (countable and uncountable, plural infancies)
  1. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Time Translations (earliest period of childhood): ра́нно де́тство (ránno détstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 嬰兒期 (Chinese Mandarin), 婴儿期 (yīng'érqī, yīng'érqí) (Chinese Mandarin), 幼兒期 (Chinese Mandarin), 幼儿期 (yòu'érqī, yòu'érqí) (Chinese Mandarin), vauvaikä (Finnish), varhaislapsuus (Finnish), Säuglingsphase [feminine] (German), frühe Kindheit [feminine] (German), prima infanzia [feminine] (Italian), 乳児期 (nyūjiki) (alt: にゅうじき) (Japanese), 유아기 (yuagi) (alt: 幼兒期) (Korean), īnfantia [feminine] (Latin), infancie (Middle English), младе́нчество (mladénčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), ра́ннее де́тство (ránneje détstvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-infancy-en-noun-kcKN8Qri Disambiguation of Time: 56 44 0 0 Disambiguation of 'earliest period of childhood': 85 10 3 2
  2. The state of being an infant. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Babies Translations (state of being an infant): lapsuus (Finnish), vauvaikä (Finnish), frühe Kindheit [feminine] (German), īnfantia [feminine] (Latin), infancie (Middle English), dergûşî [neuter] (Northern Kurdish), младе́нчество (mladénčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), ра́ннее де́тство (ránneje détstvo) [neuter] (Russian), kasanggulan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-infancy-en-noun-3mCjOKlX Disambiguation of Babies: 40 55 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 6 48 2 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 48 2 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 48 2 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 5 48 2 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 1 49 1 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 7 49 2 43 Disambiguation of 'state of being an infant': 1 65 0 33
  3. (figurative) An early stage in the development of anything. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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  4. (law) The state of being a minor. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-infancy-en-noun-23kIeL2s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 6 48 2 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 48 2 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 49 1 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 48 2 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 5 48 2 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 1 49 1 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 49 1 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 7 48 2 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 7 49 2 43 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: infanthood, babyhood, babyship Derived forms: infancy gospel, severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy Translations (early state in development): alkuvaihe (Finnish), Anfangsphase [feminine] (German), dergûşî [neuter] (Northern Kurdish) Translations (law: state of being minor): непълноле́тие (nepǎlnolétie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), alaikäisyys (Finnish), صغیر (sağir) (Persian), несовершенноле́тие (nesoveršennolétije) [neuter] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'early state in development': 2 42 13 42 Disambiguation of 'law: state of being minor': 0 48 0 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy"
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          "text": "It was in November, 1932, in an endeavour to reduce working costs, that the first diesel railcar was introduced, and it was a far-sighted move on the part of Mr. D. N. McClure, for diesel propulsion on railways was then more or less in its infancy.",
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      "sense": "earliest period of childhood",
      "word": "유아기"
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      "word": "младе́нчество"
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    },
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      "sense": "state of being an infant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "frühe Kindheit"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "state of being an infant",
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      "word": "dergûşî"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "state of being an infant",
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      "sense": "state of being an infant",
      "word": "kasanggulan"
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      "sense": "early state in development",
      "word": "alkuvaihe"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "early state in development",
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      "word": "Anfangsphase"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "early state in development",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "law: state of being minor",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sağir",
      "sense": "law: state of being minor",
      "word": "صغیر"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesoveršennolétije",
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}

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