enfance

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French enfance, borrowed from Latin īnfāntia, from īnfāns (“unable to speak”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɑ̃s/ === Noun === enfance f (plural enfances) (countable and uncountable) childhood ==== Derived terms ==== centre de la petite enfance ==== Related terms ==== enfant enfantin === Further reading === “enfance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfāntia. === Noun === enfance oblique singular, f (oblique plural enfances, nominative singular enfance, nominative plural enfances) childhood ==== Related terms ==== enfant ==== Descendants ==== French: enfance → Middle English: infancie, enfaunce, infancia, infancy, infaunce (in part)English: infancy