Space science is still in its infancy.
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Infancy
//ˈɪnfənsi//
Synonyms for "infancy" (71 found)
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42 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- непълноле́тие noun (law: state of being minor)
- ра́нно де́тство noun (earliest period of childhood)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 嬰兒期 /婴儿期 noun (earliest period of childhood)
- 嬰兒期 /婴儿期 noun (state of being an infant)
- 幼兒期 /幼儿期 noun (earliest period of childhood)
- 未成年狀態 /未成年状态 noun (law: state of being minor)
Finnish
4 entries- alaikäisyys noun (law: state of being minor)
- alkuvaihe noun (early state in development)
- lapsuus noun (state of being an infant)
- varhaislapsuus noun (earliest period of childhood)
German
4 entries- Anfangsphase noun (early state in development)
- Säuglingsphase noun (earliest period of childhood)
- frühe Kindheit noun (earliest period of childhood)
- frühe Kindheit noun (state of being an infant)
Italian
1 entries- prima infanzia noun (earliest period of childhood)
Japanese
1 entries- 乳児期 noun (earliest period of childhood)
Korean
1 entries- 유아기 noun (earliest period of childhood)
Latin
2 entries- īnfantia noun (earliest period of childhood)
- īnfantia noun (state of being an infant)
Middle English
2 entries- infancie noun (earliest period of childhood)
- infancie noun (state of being an infant)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- dergûşî noun (state of being an infant)
- dergûşî noun (early state in development)
Persian
1 entries- صغیر noun (law: state of being minor)
Polish
4 entries- niemowlęctwo noun (earliest period of childhood)
- niemowlęctwo noun (state of being an infant)
- niepełnoletność noun (law: state of being minor)
- stadium początkowe noun (early state in development)
Russian
4 entries- младе́нчество noun (earliest period of childhood)
- младе́нчество noun (state of being an infant)
- несовершенноле́тие noun (law: state of being minor)
- ра́ннее де́тство noun (earliest period of childhood)
Tagalog
1 entries- kasanggulan noun (state of being an infant)
Welsh
4 entries- babandod noun (earliest period of childhood)
- babandod noun (state of being an infant)
- mabandod noun (state of being an infant)
- mebyd noun (earliest period of childhood)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
My infancy was more than happy.
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A lot has changed in the past three hundred years. People are no longer obsessed with the accumulation of things. We've eliminated hunger, want, the need for possessions. We've grown out of our infancy.
Source: tatoeba (6331973)
Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death.
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