crèche

English

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A crèche of Canada geese

Alternative forms

• creche

Etymology

From French crèche.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹɛʃ/

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.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French cresche (“manger, feeding trough”), from Late Latin cripia (“feeding trough”), from Frankish *kribbia (“crib”), from Proto-Germanic *kribjōn (“crib”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(')rībh- (“basket, net”). Cognate with Old High German krippa, kripja (German Krippe, “crib”), Old English cribb, crybb (“crib”), Old Saxon kribbia (Dutch - krib, kribb, “crib, manger”), Danish krybbe, Swedish krubba, Irish grib. More at crib.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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