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A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
детегледачка
(detegledačka)
— person who looks after other people's children
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Czech:
paní f na hlídání n dětí
— person who looks after other people's children
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Dutch:
oppas
— person who looks after other people's children
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Dutch:
kinderoppas
— person who looks after other people's children
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Dutch:
babysitter
— person who looks after other people's children
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Dutch:
babysitster
— person who looks after other people's children
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Finnish:
lastenvahti
— person who looks after other people's children
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French:
nourrice
— person who looks after other people's children
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French:
nounou
— person who looks after other people's children
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French:
gardienne d'enfants
— person who looks after other people's children
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French:
assistante maternelle
— person who looks after other people's children
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French:
maman de jour
— person who looks after other people's children
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German:
Babysitter
— person who looks after other people's children
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German:
Babysitterin
— person who looks after other people's children
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German:
Tagesmutter
— person who looks after other people's children
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German:
Tagesvater
— person who looks after other people's children
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German:
Kinderhüter
— person who looks after other people's children
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German:
Kinderhüterin
— person who looks after other people's children
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Irish:
feighlí páistí
— person who looks after other people's children
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Polish:
opiekunka do dziecka
— person who looks after other people's children
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Volapük:
cilikälädan
— person who looks after other people's children