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# enfance — French to English

How French *enfance* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: enfance (76 887), enfances (10). By style: everyday 128 · literary 12 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 522 · legal and administrative 332 · UN documents 75 901.

## children

Used about 66 727 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 117 · legal and administrative ≈ 194 · UN documents ≈ 66 413). Forms: child, children.

- As-tu été vaccinée dans ton **enfance** ?
  Did you receive immunization shots as a **child**?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and NurseMeeks · checked, community translation · [\#9851475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9851475) [\#9964983](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9964983))

- Le deuxième, c'est le mépris de l'**enfance**.
  The second factor is contempt towards **children**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 199770)

- Accueil de l'**enfance** et aide à l'**enfance**
  Childcare and support to **children**
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4224004)

- de la jeunesse et de l &apos; **enfance** Années
  for young people and **children**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 7963676)

- Je me souviens encore bien de mon **enfance** et de nos baignades à Gênes, ma ville natale.
  I still remember what used to happen when, as a **child**, I used to go swimming in the sea in Genoa, my native city.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 84558)

## childhood

Used about 4 554 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 120 · literary ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 256 · legal and administrative ≈ 104 · UN documents ≈ 4 066). Meaning: [childhood in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/childhood/).

- C'est un ami d'**enfance**.
  He's a **childhood** friend.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Pharamp and CK · checked, community translation · [\#11129689](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11129689) [\#378672](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/378672))

- Ces créatures n'ont ni **enfance** ni adolescence.
  These creatures have neither **childhood** nor youth.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 16185)

- Sartre l'avait senti depuis son **enfance**.
  Sartre felt it from **childhood**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1141060)

- Développement éducatif de la petite **enfance**
  Early **childhood** educational development
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4919865)

- 41. Formation aux droits de la petite **enfance**.
  41. Training for rights in early **childhood**.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 15814453)

## early

Used about 50 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 43 · legal and administrative ≈ 7). Meaning: [early in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/early/).

- L'apprentissage au cours de la petite **enfance** exerce une profonde influence sur les perspectives de vie de chaque personne.
  in writing. - **Early** years learning profoundly affects the life-chances of every individual.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1561971)

- Le fait de s’attaquer à l’inégalité dès la petite **enfance** est un moyen important d’intensifier la lutte contre la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale en général.
  Tackling disadvantage in **early** years is an important means of stepping up efforts to address poverty and social exclusion in general.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2839126)

- (SK) Je voudrais applaudir le travail de Mary Honeyball relatif au rapport sur l'apprentissage au cours de la petite **enfance**.
  (SK) I would like to applaud the work of Mary Honeyball on the **early** years learning report.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1560687)

- Il est entendu que l'apprentissage au cours de la petite **enfance** constitue, pour les enfants, le fondement de la réussite de leur apprentissage tout au long de la vie.
  It is agreed that **early** years learning lays the foundation for successful lifelong learning.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1561890)

- L'apprentissage au cours de la petite **enfance** à l'échelle de l'Union obéit à des traditions anciennes et subtilement différenciées dans les différents États membres.
  in writing. - **Early** learning in the EU follows a long and finely differentiated tradition in the different Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1561951)

## protection

Used about 11 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 11). Meaning: [protection in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/protection/).

- Il met également en avant la nécessité de fournir un emploi stable, une formation de qualité et un bon système de protection sociale au personnel encadrant la petite **enfance**.
  It also highlights the need to provide stable employment, quality training and fair social **protection** to staff working in childcare.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1561993)

## welfare

Used about 7 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 7). Meaning: [welfare in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/welfare/).

- Cette personne peut également être un représentant d'une autorité ou d'une autre institution compétente en matière de protection de l'**enfance**.
  That person may also be the representative of an authority or of another institution responsible for the protection or **welfare** of children.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3899762)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Beaucoup de choses ont changé depuis mon **enfance**.
  A lot has changed since I was a kid.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4664217](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4664217) [\#11572871](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11572871))

- Mon père était autoritaire pendant mon **enfance**.
  My father was domineering when I was growing up.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Miktsoanit · checked, community translation · [\#12160923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12160923) [\#12160924](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12160924))

- Le serviteur qu’on traite mollement dès l’**enfance** Finit par se croire un fils.
  He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 29:21)

## Grammar

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