babysitting

See also: baby-sitting and baby sitting

English

Alternative forms

• baby sitting
• baby-sitting

Verb

babysitting

1. present participle of babysit

Noun

babysitting (usually uncountable, plural babysittings)

1. The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents.

Synonyms

• daycare

Derived terms

• babysitting circle

Related terms

• childminding

Translations

work of a babysitter

• Danish: babysitning c, babysitting c
• French: babysitting (fr) m
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• Hebrew: שמירטוף (he) m (shmirtúf)
• Japanese: 子守 (komori)

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English babysitting.

Noun

babysitting c (singular definite babysittingen, not used in plural form)

1. The care of children in the temporary absence of their parents, the work of a babysitter, babysitting.

Inflection

Declension of babysitting

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	babysitting	babysittingen
genitive	babysittings	babysittingens

Synonyms

• babysitning