Phrase guide

nursery school

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: preschool, prep, kindergarten

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a small preschool for small children

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: preschool

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çerdhe — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Arabic: حَضَانَة (ḥaḍāna) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Arabic: رَوْضَة (rawḍa) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Belarusian: дзіця́чы сад (dzicjáčy sad) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Belarusian: я́слі (jásli) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Belarusian: я́сьлі (jásʹli) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Bulgarian: я́сла (jásla) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Burmese: မူကြိုကျောင်း (mu-krui-kyaung:) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Burmese: မူလတန်းကြိုကျောင်း (mula.tan:krui-kyaung:) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Catalan: escola bressol — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Catalan: parvulari — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幼兒園 /幼儿园 (yòu'éryuán) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Chinese Mandarin: 托兒所 /托儿所 (tuō'érsuǒ) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幼稚園 /幼稚园 (yòuzhìyuán) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Czech: jesle — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Danish: vuggestue — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Dutch: peuterklas — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Dutch: peuterspeelzaal — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Dutch: crèche — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Esperanto: infanvartejo — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Esperanto: infanĝardeno — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Estonian: lasteaed — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Finnish: päiväkoti — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • French: école maternelle — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • French: jardin d'enfants — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • French: crèche — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Galician: escola infantil — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • German: Kindergarten — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • German: Vorschule — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • German: Kinderkrippe — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • German: Krippe — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Greek: νηπιαγωγείο (nipiagogeío) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Greenlandic: børnehave — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Greenlandic: paaqqinniffik — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Greenlandic: meeqqerivik — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Hungarian: óvoda — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Hungarian: bölcsőde — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Irish: naíscoil — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Italian: scuola materna — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Italian: scuola dell'infanzia — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Japanese: 保育園 (hoikuen) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Japanese: 保育所 (hoikujo) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Japanese: 託児所 (takujisho) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Khmer: សាលាកុមារដ្ឋាន (saalaa komaa dthaan) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Khmer: សាលាបង្រៀនទារក (saalaa bɑngriən tiərŭək) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Korean: 보육원 (boyugwon) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Korean: 어린이집 (eorinijip) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Northern Kurdish: zarokxane — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Northern Kurdish: kreş — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Latvian: mazbērnu novietne — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Lithuanian: lopšelis — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Luxembourgish: Spillschoul — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Macedonian: јасли (jasli) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Malay: prasekolah — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barnehage — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: barnehage — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Polish: żłobek — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Portuguese: escolinha — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Portuguese: infantário — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Portuguese: jardim de infância — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Portuguese: pré-escola — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Portuguese: pré — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Romanian: grădiniță — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Russian: де́тский сад (détskij sad) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Russian: я́сли (jásli) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Russian: дошко́льное учрежде́ние (doškólʹnoje učreždénije) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-sgoil — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̏слице — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȁslice — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Slovak: jasle — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Slovene: jaslice — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Spanish: parvulario — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Spanish: guardería — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Spanish: preescolar — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Swahili: shule ya chekechea — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Swedish: förskola — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Swedish: daghem — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Tajik: муассисаи томактабӣ (muassisa-yi tomaktabi) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Thai: สถานเลี้ยงเด็ก (sà-tǎan-líiang-dèk) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Turkish: kreş — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Turkish: anaokulu — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Ukrainian: дитя́чий сад (dytjáčyj sad) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Ukrainian: я́сла (jásla) — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten
  • Welsh: ysgol feithrin — a school for pre-school children — see also kindergarten