childcare

English

Alternative forms

• child-care, child care

Etymology

child +‎ care.

Noun

childcare (countable and uncountable, plural childcares)

1. (uncountable) The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
   • 1993, Amitai Etzioni, The parenting deficit:

     Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.

2. (countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

Translations

supervising young children

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼托 (yòutuō), 兒童看護／儿童看护 (értóng kānhù), 托兒服務／托儿服务 (tuō'ér fúwù), 兒童保育／儿童保育 (értóng bǎoyù)

• Danish: børnepasning (da) c
• Dutch: kinderopvang (nl) m
• Finnish: lastenhoito (fi)
• French: garde d’enfants f
• German: Kinderbetreuung (de) f
• Malay: penjagaan kanak-kanak
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: barnepass n

  Nynorsk: barnepass n

• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cuidado infantil m
• Swedish: barnomsorg (sv) c

childcare centre

• Malay: tajaka (Singapore), pusat jagaan kanak-kanak

See also

• childcare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia