crèche
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Etymology
Borrowed from French crèche, "manger," from Frankish *krippija, *kribbija, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ. Doublet of crib.
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Noun
crèche (plural crèches)
- A representation of the nativity scene.
- A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.
- A day nursery.
- (marine biology) A group of young who stay together for protection.
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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
Noun
crèche f (plural crèches)
- A crèche.
- Synonyms: kindercrèche, kinderkribbe, kinderdagverblijf, kribbe
Hypernyms
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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
Noun
crèche f (plural crèches)
Verb
crèche
- first-person singular present indicative of crécher
- third-person singular present indicative of crécher
- first-person singular present subjunctive of crécher
- third-person singular present subjunctive of crécher
- second-person singular imperative of crécher
Further reading
- “crèche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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