babysitter
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- baby-sitter
- baby sitter (rare)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babysitter (plural babysitters)
- A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
- Synonym: sitter
- Hypernym: childminder
- My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers' children.
- (derogatory) An individual who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.
- 2005, Alan Ball, Playing Extra Time, page 158:
- He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
baby or child caretaker
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See also edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English babysitter.
Noun edit
babysitter c (singular definite babysitteren, plural indefinite babysittere)
- A babysitter.
Inflection edit
Declension of babysitter
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | babysitter | babysitteren | babysittere | babysitterne |
genitive | babysitters | babysitterens | babysitteres | babysitternes |
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
babysitter
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English babysitter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babysitter
- A babysitter.
Declension edit
Inflection of babysitter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | babysitter | babysitterit | ||
genitive | babysitterin | babysitterien babysittereiden babysittereitten | ||
partitive | babysitteriä | babysittereitä babysitterejä | ||
illative | babysitteriin | babysittereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | babysitter | babysitterit | ||
accusative | nom. | babysitter | babysitterit | |
gen. | babysitterin | |||
genitive | babysitterin | babysitterien babysittereiden babysittereitten | ||
partitive | babysitteriä | babysittereitä babysitterejä | ||
inessive | babysitterissä | babysittereissä | ||
elative | babysitteristä | babysittereistä | ||
illative | babysitteriin | babysittereihin | ||
adessive | babysitterillä | babysittereillä | ||
ablative | babysitteriltä | babysittereiltä | ||
allative | babysitterille | babysittereille | ||
essive | babysitterinä | babysittereinä | ||
translative | babysitteriksi | babysittereiksi | ||
abessive | babysitterittä | babysittereittä | ||
instructive | — | babysitterein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “babysitter”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.
Noun edit
babysitter m or f by sense (invariable)
- Alternative form of baby-sitter
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.
Noun edit
babysitter m (plural babysitteri, feminine equivalent babysitter)
Declension edit
Declension of babysitter
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) babysitter | babysitterul | (niște) babysitteri | babysitterii |
genitive/dative | (unui) babysitter | babysitterului | (unor) babysitteri | babysitterilor |
vocative | babysitterule | babysitterilor |
Noun edit
babysitter f (plural babysittere)
- female equivalent of babysitter
Declension edit
Declension of babysitter
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) babysitter | babysittera | (niște) babysittere | babysitterele |
genitive/dative | (unei) babysittere | babysitterei | (unor) babysittere | babysitterelor |
See also edit
References edit
- babysitter in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
babysitter c
- A baby bouncer.