nursery rhyme

English

Etymology

From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom.

Noun

nursery rhyme (plural nursery rhymes)

1. A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore

Translations

short poem or song for children

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兒歌／儿歌 (zh) (érgē), 童謠／童谣 (zh) (tóngyáo)

• Czech: říkanka (cs) f
• Dutch: kinderlied (nl) n
• Finnish: lastenloru, loru (fi) (poem); lastenlaulu (song)
• French: comptine (fr) f, chanson enfantine f
• German: Kinderreim m
• Greek: δίστιχο (el) (dísticho)
• Hungarian: mondóka (hu)
• Icelandic: barnagæla (is)
• Japanese: 童謡 (ja) (どうよう, dōyō), 童歌 (ja) (わらべうた, warabeuta)
• Macedonian: де́тска пе́сничка f (détska pésnička), зала́галка f (zalágalka)
• Norwegian: barneregle m or f

  Bokmål: barnerim n

  Nynorsk: barnerim n

• Portuguese: cantiga de roda f
• Russian: де́тский стишо́к m (détskij stišók), де́тская пе́сенка f (détskaja pésenka), прибау́тка (ru) f (pribaútka)
• Swedish: barnramsa c (when not a song), barnvisa (sv) c (when a song)
• Turkish: tekerleme (tr)