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125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аӡӡе́и (adzdzéi) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Albanian: mendeshë — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Arabic: ظِئْر (ẓiʔr) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Arabic: دَايَة (dāya) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Arabic: داية (dāya) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Armenian: ծծմայր (ccmayr) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Armenian: ստնտու (stntu) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Belarusian: кармі́целька (karmícjelʹka) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Bulgarian: кърма́чка (kǎrmáčka) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Bulgarian: до́йка (dójka) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Catalan: dida — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Catalan: dida seca — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Catalan: nodrissa — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Chinese Mandarin: 乳母 (rǔmǔ) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Chinese Mandarin: 奶媽 /奶妈 (nǎimā) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Czech: kojná — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Danish: amme — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Dutch: zoogmoeder — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Dutch: min — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Dutch: zoogster — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Dutch: voedster — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Dutch: minne — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Dutch: minnemoeder — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Egyptian: mn:n-a:t*D27 (mnꜥt) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Esperanto: nutristino — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Estonian: amm — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Faroese: bróstmóðir — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Finnish: imettäjä — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• French: nourrice — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Galician: ama — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Galician: ama de leite — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Georgian: ძიძა (ʒiʒa) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• German: Säugamme — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• German: Amme — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Greek: τροφός (trofós) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Greek: παραμάνα (paramána) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Ancient Greek: τροφός (trophós) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Ancient Greek: τιθήνη (tithḗnē) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Gurani: دایانە (dāyāna) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Hebrew: מֵינֶקֶת (meinéket) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Hindi: धाय (dhāy) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Hindi: दाई (dāī) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Hindi: धाय माँ (dhāy mā̃) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Hungarian: (szoptatós) dajka — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Icelandic: brjóstmóðir — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Irish: banaltra chíche — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Irish: bean oiliúna — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Irish: bean altrama — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Italian: balia — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Japanese: 乳母 — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Khmer: មេដោះ (mee dɑh) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Khmer: ធាត្រី (thiətrəy) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Korean: 유모 (yumo) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Central Kurdish: دایان (dayan) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Central Kurdish: دایەن (dayen) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Northern Kurdish: dayan — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Northern Kurdish: dayîn — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Latin: nūtrix — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Latin: altrix — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Latvian: zīdītāja — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Livonian: äm — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Macedonian: доилка (doilka) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Macedonian: дојница (dojnica) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Malay: ibu susuan — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Middle English: norice — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Mon: မိဂမဴတှ် — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Mon: ၝဲဂမဴ — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Norwegian Bokmål: amme — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Church Slavic: баба (baba) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Pali: dhātī — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Iranian Persian: دایِه (dâye) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Polish: mamka — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Portuguese: ama de leite — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Romanian: doică — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Russian: корми́лица (kormílica) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Russian: ма́мка (mámka) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Sanskrit: धात्री (dhātrī) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Campidanese Sardinian: dida — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Sardinian: tatàya — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Sassarese: tadàia — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Scottish Gaelic: muime-chìche — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Serbo-Croatian: до̀јӣља — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Serbo-Croatian: dòjīlja — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Sicilian: mammana — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Sicilian: nurrizza — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Slovak: kojná — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Slovak: dojka — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Slovene: dojílja — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Spanish: nodriza — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Spanish: pasiega — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Spanish: ama de leche — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Spanish: ama de cría — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Spanish: criandera — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Spanish: chichigua — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Spanish: aña — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Sranan Tongo: mena — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Sundanese: ᮞᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮨᮁ ᮘᮞᮩᮂ (suster baseuh) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Swedish: amma — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Tagalog: sisiwa — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Tagalog: mamay — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Tajik: доя (doya) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Tamil: தாய்ச்சி (tāycci) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Thai: แม่นม (mɛ̂ɛ-nom) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Tibetan: ནུ་སྦྱིན་མ་ཚབ (nu sbyin ma tshab) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Turkish: sütanne — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎌𐎐𐎖𐎚 (mšnqt) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Ukrainian: годува́льниця (hoduválʹnycja) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Ukrainian: годівни́ця (hodivnýcja) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Ukrainian: ма́мка (mámka) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Urdu: دایَہ (dāya) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Urdu: دائِی (dāī) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Uzbek: enaga — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Vietnamese: vú nuôi — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Vietnamese: nhũ mẫu — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Volapük: sügan — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Volapük: hisügan — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Volapük: jisügan — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Volapük: miligafat — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Volapük: miligamot — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Yiddish: אַם (am) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Yiddish: זייגערין (zeygerin) — woman hired to suckle another woman's child
• Polish: niańka — someone who treats someone else with excessive care
• Russian: ня́нька (njánʹka) — someone who treats someone else with excessive care
• Spanish: consentidor — someone who treats someone else with excessive care
• Spanish: consentidora — someone who treats someone else with excessive care