crèche

See also: creche and créché

English

A crèche of Canada geese

Alternative forms

• creche

Etymology

Borrowed from French crèche, "manger," from Frankish *krippija, *kribbija, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ. Doublet of crib.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛʃ/, IPA^(key): /kɹeɪʃ/

Noun

crèche (plural crèches)

1. A representation of the nativity scene.
2. A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.
3. A day nursery.
4. (marine biology) A group of young who stay together for protection.

Translations

nativity scene — see nativity scene

Anagrams

• Creech

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French crèche, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French creche, cresche (“manger, feeding trough”), from Late Latin cripia (“feeding trough”), from Frankish *krippija, *kribbija (“crib”), from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(')rībh- (“basket, net”). Doublet of kribbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɛʃ/
• Hyphenation: crè‧che

Noun

crèche f (plural crèches)

1. A crèche.

   Synonyms: kindercrèche, kinderkribbe, kinderdagverblijf, kribbe

Hypernyms

• kinderopvang

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French

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French creche, cresche (“manger, feeding trough”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin cripia (“feeding trough”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *krippija, *kribbija (“crib”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *g(')rībh- (“basket, net”). Cognate with Old High German krippa, kripja (“crib”) (German Krippe), Old English cribb, crybb (“crib”), Dutch kribbe (“crib”), Danish krybbe, Swedish krubba, Irish grib. More at crib.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɛʃ/

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• Homophones: crèchent, crèches

Noun

crèche f (plural crèches)

1. crèche (the Nativity scene)
2. crèche (day nursery)

Verb

crèche

1. first-person singular present indicative of crécher
2. third-person singular present indicative of crécher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of crécher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of crécher
5. second-person singular imperative of crécher

Further reading

• “crèche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.