enfance
French, noun/ɑ̃.fɑ̃s/
enfance is spelled E-N-F-A-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written French, the 1,953rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfance is a French feminine noun meaning “childhood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Première partie de la vie de l’être humain, précédant l’adolescence”.
What does enfance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechildhood
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Première partie de la vie de l’être humain, précédant l’adolescence. 2. État de celui qui est enfant, qui se comporte comme tel. 3. Commencement, début. 4. Ensemble des enfants.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enfance
- enfances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfance?
- /ɑ̃.fɑ̃s/
- \ɑ̃.fɑ̃s\
- [ɑ̃.fɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfance in French?
enfance appears 43 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).