Definitions for childhoodˈtʃaɪld hʊd

This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word childhood

Princeton's WordNet

  1. childhood(noun)

    the time of person's life when they are a child

  2. childhood, puerility(noun)

    the state of a child between infancy and adolescence


  1. childhood(Noun)

    The state of being a child.

  2. childhood(Noun)


  3. childhood(Noun)

    The early stages of development of something.

  4. Origin: From childhod, from cildhad, from cild + -had, equivalent to .

Webster Dictionary

  1. Childhood(noun)


  2. Childhood(noun)

    children, taken collectively

  3. Childhood(noun)

    the commencement; the first period

  4. Origin: [AS. cildhd; cild child + -hd. See Child, and -hood.]


  1. Childhood

    Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, childhood consists of two stages: preoperational stage and concrete operational stage. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Various childhood factors could affect a person's attitude formation.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'childhood' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3430

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'childhood' in Nouns Frequency: #1439

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. Bauldlaire:

    Genius is childhood recaptured.

  2. Johann von Goethe:

    Life is the childhood of our immortality.

  3. Wayne W Dyer:

    It's never to late to have a happy childhood.

  4. Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker:

    Its never too late to have a happy childhood.

  5. Georges Bataille:

    Literature ... is the rediscovery of childhood.

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