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toddlerhood

Syllables: todd·ler·hood/ˈtɒdl̩əhʊd/US/ˈtɑd(ə)lɚˌhʊd/

toddlerhood noun: the period of one's life in which one is a toddler (“a young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old”).

Noun

toddlerhood (usually uncountable, plural toddlerhoods)

  1. (usually) The period of one's life in which one is a toddler (“a young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old”).
    • We’ve been friends ever since toddlerhood.
    • [T]he stage at which mother showed herself to her infant in her true colours was whilst breast feeding was still going on, and any difficulties that belonged to toddlerhood had their roots reaching back to this stage.1937, E[leanor] Joyce Partridge et al., The Management of Early Infancy, London: C[harles] W[illiam] Daniel, →OCLC, page 25
    Synonyms:
    toddlerdom

Synonyms of toddlerhood

Forms of toddlerhood

pluraltoddlerhoods

Origin of toddlerhood

From toddler + -hood (suffix forming nouns denoting conditions or states of being).

Questions about toddlerhood

What does toddlerhood mean?
Toddlerhood means the period of one's life in which one is a toddler (“a young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old”).
What part of speech is toddlerhood?
Toddlerhood is a noun.
How do you pronounce toddlerhood?
Toddlerhood is pronounced /ˈtɒdl̩əhʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of toddlerhood?
The plural of toddlerhood is toddlerhoods.

Words near toddlerhood in the dictionary

  1. toddler seats
  2. toddlercon
  3. toddlerdom
  4. toddlerfur
  5. toddlerfurs
  6. toddlerhood
  7. toddlerhoods
  8. toddlerish
  9. toddlerlike
  10. toddlers
  11. toddlership

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