• IPA: /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/

childhood

1. (mostly, uncountable) The state of being a child.
2. The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
3. (by extension) The early stages of development of something.
   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iii]:

     the childhood of our joy

• French: enfance
• German: Kindheit, Kindschaft
• Italian: infanzia
• Portuguese: infância
• Russian: де́тство
• Spanish: infancia

• French: enfance
• German: Kindheit, Kinderzeit
• Italian: infanzia
• Portuguese: infância
• Russian: де́тство
• Spanish: infancia, niñez

• German: Kindheit, Anfangszeit, Frühzeit, Jugend, Kinderzeit
• Portuguese: infância
• Russian: де́тство