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enfance

childhood

noun ahn-FAHNS Less Common

Usage Note

Enfance is an uncountable feminine noun with no plural. It spans the period from birth to adolescence. Dès l'enfance means 'from childhood'; ami d'enfance is 'childhood friend'. The adjective enfantin means 'childlike' or 'childish', and enfanter (literary) means 'to give birth'.

Examples

"Il se souvient bien de son enfance à la campagne."

Natural Translation

He remembers his childhood in the countryside well.

Literal Translation

He-oneself remembers well of his childhood at-the countryside

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