nursery rhyme

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From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أُسْجُوعَةُ أَطْفَال (ʔusjūʕatu ʔaṭfāl) — short poem or song for children
• Chinese: 囡仔歌 (gín-á-kua) — short poem or song for children
• Chinese Mandarin: 兒歌 /儿歌 (érgē) — short poem or song for children
• Chinese Mandarin: 童謠 /童谣 (tóngyáo) — short poem or song for children
• Czech: říkanka — short poem or song for children
• Czech: říkadlo — short poem or song for children
• Dutch: wiegelied — short poem or song for children
• Dutch: bakerrijm — short poem or song for children
• Estonian: salmike — short poem or song for children
• Finnish: lastenloru — short poem or song for children
• Finnish: loru — short poem or song for children
• Finnish: lastenlaulu — short poem or song for children
• French: comptine — short poem or song for children
• French: chanson enfantine — short poem or song for children
• German: Kinderreim — short poem or song for children
• Greek: δίστιχο (dísticho) — short poem or song for children
• Hungarian: mondóka — short poem or song for children
• Hungarian: gyerekdal — short poem or song for children
• Icelandic: barnagæla — short poem or song for children
• Icelandic: þula — short poem or song for children
• Italian: filastrocca — short poem or song for children
• Japanese: 童謡 (dōyō) — short poem or song for children
• Japanese: 童歌 (warabeuta) — short poem or song for children
• Korean: 동요 (dong'yo) — short poem or song for children
• Korean: 동가 (dongga) — short poem or song for children
• Macedonian: де́тска пе́сничка (détska pésnička) — short poem or song for children
• Macedonian: зала́галка (zalágalka) — short poem or song for children
• Norwegian Bokmål: barnerim — short poem or song for children
• Norwegian Bokmål: barneregle — short poem or song for children
• Norwegian Nynorsk: barnerim — short poem or song for children
• Polish: rymowanka — short poem or song for children
• Portuguese: cantiga de roda — short poem or song for children
• Russian: де́тский стишо́к (détskij stišók) — short poem or song for children
• Russian: де́тская пе́сенка (détskaja pésenka) — short poem or song for children
• Russian: прибау́тка (pribaútka) — short poem or song for children
• Swedish: barnramsa — short poem or song for children
• Swedish: barnvisa — short poem or song for children
• Turkish: tekerleme — short poem or song for children