infancy
/ˈɪnfənsi/
infancy noun: the earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
Noun
infancy (countable and uncountable, plural infancies)
- The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
- The state of being an infant.
- An early stage in the development of anything.
- Space tourism is still in its infancy.
- 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.1941 May, Voyageur, “The Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 195
- The state of being a minor.
infancy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
infancy in Hindi
- infancy, childhood
- शैशव śaiśav
infancy in Tamil
- குழவிப் பருவம், இளங்குழவிப் பருவம், மகவுப் பருவம், மழலைப் பருவம், வளர்ச்சியில் தொடக்கநிலை
infancy in Urdu
- بچپن, چھٹپن, خردی, طفولیت
infancy in Bengali
- শৈশব, বাল্যকাল, প্রারম্ভিক অবস্থা
More languagesFewer languages
- infancy in Telugu
- శైశవము śaiśavamu, చిన్నతనము cinnatanamu
- infancy in Malayalam
- ശെെശവം, ശെെശവാവസ്ഥ, ശിശുത്വം, ബാലഭാവം
- infancy in Kannada
- ಹಸಿರು hasiru
- infancy in Tagalog
- kasanggulan
- infancy in Persian
- صغیر saġir
Examples of infancy in a sentence
- In Troy she becomes Paris’ wife, bearing him several children, all of whom die in infancy.
- Though the field is still in its infancy, its philosophical implications are staggering.
- Similarly discredited is the 'edumyth' that the brain's structure is defined by infancy or by adolescence.
Synonyms of infancy
Forms of infancy
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Origin of infancy
From Middle English infancie, from Latin īnfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant + -cy.
Words formed from infancy
Phrases with infancy
Questions about infancy
- What does infancy mean?
- Infancy means the earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
- What is infancy in Hindi?
- Infancy in Hindi is शैशव (śaiśav). See Infancy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is infancy?
- Infancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce infancy?
- Infancy is pronounced /ˈɪnfənsi/.
- What is the plural of infancy?
- The plural of infancy is infancies.
Words near infancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: infancy (page history and authors); शैशव (Hindi) (page history and authors); infancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infancy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Infancy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చిన్నతనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); infancy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಹಸಿರು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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