noun
Meaning 1
A child who attends a kindergarten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
kindergartner
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtnə/
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CMU ARPABET: K IH1 N D ER0 G AA2 R T N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who teaches at a kindergarten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preschooler, kindergartener
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
History
Etymology
From kindergarten + -er, with spelling influenced by German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”).
From German Kindergärtner.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Kindergartenkind — child who attends a kindergarten
- German: Kindergartenschüler — child who attends a kindergarten
- German: Kindergartenschülerin — child who attends a kindergarten
- German: Kindergärtler — child who attends a kindergarten
- German: Kindergärtlerin — child who attends a kindergarten
- Hungarian: óvodás — child who attends a kindergarten
- Hungarian: ovis — child who attends a kindergarten
- Macedonian: заба́ваче (zabávače) — child who attends a kindergarten
- Polish: przedszkolak — child who attends a kindergarten
- Russian: детса́довец (detsádovec) — child who attends a kindergarten
- Russian: детса́довка (detsádovka) — child who attends a kindergarten
- Slovak: škôlkar — child who attends a kindergarten
- Volapük: putajulan — child who attends a kindergarten
- Finnish: lastentarhanopettaja — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- German: Kindergärtner — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- German: Kindergärtnerin — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Hungarian: óvónő — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Macedonian: забава́ч (zabaváč) — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Macedonian: забава́чка (zabaváčka) — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Macedonian: воспитувач (vospituvač) — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Macedonian: воспитувачка (vospituvačka) — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Polish: przedszkolanka — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Russian: воспита́тель (vospitátelʹ) — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Russian: воспита́тельница (vospitátelʹnica) — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Slovene: vzgojiteljica — person who teaches at a kindergarten
- Volapük: putajulatidan — person who teaches at a kindergarten