daycare

See also: day care

English

Alternative forms

• day care

Etymology

From day +‎ care.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

daycare (countable and uncountable, plural daycares)

1. Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.
2. A daycare centre.

Derived terms

• daycare center
• daycare centre
• playcare

Translations

daytime supervision — see also kindergarten,‎ kindy

• Arabic: رِعَايَة نَهَارِيَّة f (riʕāya(t) nahāriyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日托 (zh) (rìtuō), 半托 (zh) (bàntuō)

• Danish: dagpleje (da)
• Esperanto: bebovartejo
• Faroese: dagrøkt c
• Finnish: päivähoito (fi)
• French: garderie (fr) f
• German: Tagespflege (de) f
• Hungarian: napközi otthonos óvoda, bölcsőde (hu)
• Icelandic: daggæsla f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: مهد کودک (mahd-e kudak)
• Polish: żłobek (pl) m inan
• Russian: я́сли (ru) f pl (jásli)
• Spanish: (servicio de) guardería (infantil) m, wawawasi m, nido (es) m
• Turkish: kreş (tr)
• Urdu: نگہداشت اطفال (nigahdāśt-e-atfāl)

daycare center — see daycare center

See also

• babysitting
• childcare
• crèche
• kindergarten

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