noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtə/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈbe̞ɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪthə]
General-American:/ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ/
General-American:[ˈbeɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪɾɚ]
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Australian:/ˈbæ̝ɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ/
Australian:[ˈbæ̝ɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪɾɚ]
CMU ARPABET:B EY1 B IY0 S IH2 T ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: childsitter, sitter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: childminder
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baby-sitter, sitter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keeper
History
Etymology
From baby + sitter.
Across languages
Translations
152 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
dado
— baby or child caretaker
Arabic:
حَاضِنَة
(ḥāḍina)
— baby or child caretaker
Arabic:
مُرَبِّيَة
(murabbiya)
— baby or child caretaker
Armenian:
բեբիսիտեր
(bebisiter)
— baby or child caretaker
Armenian:
դայակ
(dayak)
— baby or child caretaker
Asturian:
acordador
— baby or child caretaker
Asturian:
acordadora
— baby or child caretaker
Azerbaijani:
dayə
— baby or child caretaker
Basque:
haurtzain
— baby or child caretaker
Belarusian:
ня́ня
(njánja)
— baby or child caretaker
Belarusian:
бэбісі́тэр
(bebisíter)
— baby or child caretaker
Bengali:
বেবিসিটার
(bebiśiṭar)
— baby or child caretaker
Bengali:
আয়া
(aẏa)
— baby or child caretaker
Bulgarian:
детегледа́чка
(detegledáčka)
— baby or child caretaker
Bulgarian:
бава́чка
(baváčka)
— baby or child caretaker
Bulgarian:
бейбиси́тър
(bejbisítǎr)
— baby or child caretaker
Burmese:
အာယား
(aya:)
— baby or child caretaker
Burmese:
ကလေးထိန်း
(ka.le:htin:)
— baby or child caretaker
Catalan:
cangur
— baby or child caretaker
Chinese Cantonese:
保姆
(bou2 mou5)
— baby or child caretaker
Chinese Mandarin:
臨時看孩子的人 /临时看孩子的人
— baby or child caretaker
Chinese Mandarin:
临时看孩子 的人
(línshí kān háizi de rén)
— baby or child caretaker
Chinese Mandarin:
保姆
(bǎomǔ)
— baby or child caretaker
Czech:
dozor u dítěte
— baby or child caretaker
Danish:
babysitter
— baby or child caretaker
Danish:
barnepige
— baby or child caretaker
Danish:
aftenvagt
— baby or child caretaker
Dutch:
babyoppas
— baby or child caretaker
Dutch:
kinderoppas
— baby or child caretaker
Dutch:
oppas
— baby or child caretaker
Dutch:
wiegewacht
— baby or child caretaker
Dutch:
babysitter
— baby or child caretaker
Esperanto:
vartisto
— baby or child caretaker
Esperanto:
vartistino
— baby or child caretaker
Estonian:
lapsehoidja
— baby or child caretaker
Finnish:
lapsenkaitsija
— baby or child caretaker
Finnish:
lapsenvahti
— baby or child caretaker
Finnish:
babysitter
— baby or child caretaker
French:
baby-sitter
— baby or child caretaker
French:
gardien d’enfant
— baby or child caretaker
French:
gardienne d’enfant
— baby or child caretaker
French:
bonne d’enfant
— baby or child caretaker
French:
babysitteuse
— baby or child caretaker
French:
nounou
— baby or child caretaker
French:
nurse
— baby or child caretaker
Georgian:
ძიძა
(ʒiʒa)
— baby or child caretaker
Georgian:
მომსვლელი ძიძა
(momsvleli ʒiʒa)
— baby or child caretaker
German:
Babysitter
— baby or child caretaker
German:
Babysitterin
— baby or child caretaker
German:
Kinderhüter
— baby or child caretaker
German:
Kinderhüterin
— baby or child caretaker
German:
Kinderbetreuer
— baby or child caretaker
German:
Kinderbetreuerin
— baby or child caretaker
Greek:
μπέιμπι σίτερ
(béimpi síter)
— baby or child caretaker
Greek:
φύλακας νηπίων
(fýlakas nipíon)
— baby or child caretaker
Hebrew:
שְׁמַרְטַף
(sh'martáf)
— baby or child caretaker
Hebrew:
שְׁמַרְטַפִית
(sh'martafít)
— baby or child caretaker
Hebrew:
בייביסיטר
(beibisiter)
— baby or child caretaker
Hindi:
दाई
(dāī)
— baby or child caretaker
Hindi:
बेबीसिटर
(bebīsiṭar)
— baby or child caretaker
Hindi:
आया
(āyā)
— baby or child caretaker
Hungarian:
bébiszitter
— baby or child caretaker
Hungarian:
pótmama
— baby or child caretaker
Hungarian:
dadus
— baby or child caretaker
Icelandic:
barnapía
— baby or child caretaker
Icelandic:
dagmamma
— baby or child caretaker
Indonesian:
pramusiwi
— baby or child caretaker
Indonesian:
pengasuh anak
— baby or child caretaker
Indonesian:
pengasuh
— baby or child caretaker
Irish:
feighlí páistí
— baby or child caretaker
Irish:
feighlí leanaí
— baby or child caretaker
Irish:
gogamán
— baby or child caretaker
Italian:
baby-sitter
— baby or child caretaker
Italian:
guardabimbi
— baby or child caretaker
Italian:
badabimbi
— baby or child caretaker
Japanese:
ベビーシッター
(bebīsittā)
— baby or child caretaker
Japanese:
子守
(komori)
— baby or child caretaker
Japanese:
守
(mori)
— baby or child caretaker
Khmer:
អ្នកមើលក្មេង
(nĕək məəl kmeeng)
— baby or child caretaker
Khmer:
ភីលៀង
(phiiliəng)
— baby or child caretaker
Khmer:
ធាត្រី
(thiətrəy)
— baby or child caretaker
Korean:
베이비시터
(beibisiteo)
— baby or child caretaker
Northern Kurdish:
dadik
— baby or child caretaker
Lao:
ແມ່ລ້ຽງ
(mǣ līang)
— baby or child caretaker
Lao:
ພີ່ລ້ຽງ
(phī līang)
— baby or child caretaker
Latin:
infantaria
— baby or child caretaker
Latvian:
aukle
— baby or child caretaker
Lithuanian:
ateinanti auklė
— baby or child caretaker
Lithuanian:
vaikų prižiūrėtoja
— baby or child caretaker
Lithuanian:
auklė
— baby or child caretaker
Lower Tanana:
tr'enokayi k'onaɬtoyenh
— baby or child caretaker
Macedonian:
дадилка
(dadilka)
— baby or child caretaker
Macedonian:
бебиси́тер
(bebisíter)
— baby or child caretaker
Malay:
pengasuh bayi
— baby or child caretaker
Malay:
pengasuh
— baby or child caretaker
Maltese:
bejbisiter
— baby or child caretaker
Mongolian:
хүүхэд харагч
(xüüxed xaragč)
— baby or child caretaker
Mongolian:
асрагч
(asragč)
— baby or child caretaker
Mongolian:
хүүхэд асрагч
(xüüxed asragč)
— baby or child caretaker
Norman:
gardeux d'êfants
— baby or child caretaker
Norman:
gardeuse d'êfants
— baby or child caretaker
Norwegian Bokmål:
barnevakt
— baby or child caretaker