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in·fan·cy
(ĭn′fən-sē)n. pl. in·fan·cies
1. The earliest period of childhood, especially before the ability to walk has been acquired.
2. The state of being an infant.
3. An early stage of existence: Space exploration is still in its infancy.
4. Law The state or period of being a minor.
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infancy
(ˈɪnfənsɪ)n, pl -cies
1. the state or period of being an infant; childhood
2. an early stage of growth or development
3. infants collectively
4. (Law) the period of life prior to attaining legal majority (reached at 21 under common law, at 18 by statute); minority nonage
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in•fan•cy
(ˈɪn fən si)n., pl. -cies.
1. the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood; babyhood.
2. the corresponding period in the existence of anything; very early stage: Space science is in its infancy.
3. infants collectively.
4. Law. the period of life to the age of majority, usu. 18; minority.
[1485–95; < Latin]
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Noun | 1. | infancy - the early stage of growth or development time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state oral phase, oral stage - (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting |
2. | infancy - the earliest state of immaturity immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity |
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infancy
noun
1. early childhood, babyhood the development of the mind from infancy onwards
2. beginnings, start, birth, roots, seeds, origins, dawn, early stages, emergence, outset, cradle, inception the infancy of the electronic revolution
beginnings end, close, death, finish, conclusion, termination, expiration
beginnings end, close, death, finish, conclusion, termination, expiration
Quotations
"Heaven lies about us in our infancy" [William Wordsworth Intimations of Immortality]
"Heaven lies about us in our infancy" [William Wordsworth Intimations of Immortality]
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infancy
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Translations
طفولَه
rané dětství
spædbarnsalder
alkuajat
csecsemõkor
bernska
infantia
detstvo
bebeklik
infancy
[ˈɪnfənsɪ] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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infancy
n → frühe Kindheit, Kindesalter nt; (Jur) → Minderjährigkeit f; (fig) → Anfangsstadium nt; in early infancy → in frühester Kindheit; when radio was still in its infancy → als das Radio noch in den Kinderschuhen steckte; data processing is no longer in its infancy → die Datenverarbeitung steckt nicht mehr in den Kinderschuhen or ist den Kinderschuhen entwachsen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
infancy
[ˈɪnfənsɪ] n (childhood) → infanzia (Law) → minore età f invin its infancy (fig) (early stage) → ai primi passi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
infant
(ˈinfənt) noun a baby or very young child. the baptism of infants; (also adjective) an infant school.
ˈinfancy noun the state or time of being a baby. They had two children who died in infancy.
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in·fan·cy
n. infancia, menor de edad, primera edad, período desde el nacimiento hasta los primeros dos años.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
infancy
n primer período de la vida (aproximadamente el primer año); [Note: infancia refers to the period between birth and puberty and cannot be used to mean infancy.]English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.