American English pronunciation

How to pronounce infancy

IPA transcription: ['ɪnfənsi]

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Noun

Usage examples

  • Helike nurtured god Zeus in his infancy on Crete.
  • Without treatment, it is rapidly fatal in infancy.
  • Together they had nine children, three of whom died in infancy.
  • Of the four children, only Sarah and Elizabeth survived infancy.
  • Three girls and a boy died in infancy.
  • They had three children, Philip, Christopher and Margaret - although Christopher died in infancy.
  • He encouraged Dall's interest in malacology, a field still in its infancy.
  • His younger brother, Ludwik, died in infancy.
  • The couple had fifteen children, five of whom died in infancy.
  • Milder hypoglycemia in infancy causes hunger every few hours, with increasing jitteriness or lethargy.