prekindergarten

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ kindergarten

Adjective

prekindergarten (not comparable)

1. Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.

Noun

prekindergarten (countable and uncountable, plural prekindergartens)

1. (US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
   • 2008 June 6, Jennifer Medina, “Parents Find Frustration With Process at Schools”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This year, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has streamlined and centralized the dizzying array of admission procedures for the city’s prekindergartens and middle schools.

See also

• pre-K