childcare

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noun

The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.

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Meanings

nounchildcare (countable and uncountable, plural childcares)

plural childcares · alternative child-care · alternative child care

  1. uncountableThe act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.

    Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.

    1993, Amitai Etzioni, The parenting deficit
  2. countableA place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna service involving care for other people's children

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From child + care.

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Translations

Afrikaans kindersorg
  • kindersorgsupervising young children
Chinese Mandarin 幼托, 兒童看護 /儿童看护
  • 幼托 (yòutuō)supervising young children
  • 兒童看護 /儿童看护 (értóng kānhù)supervising young children
  • 托兒服務 /托儿服务 (tuō'ér fúwù)supervising young children
  • 兒童保育 /儿童保育 (értóng bǎoyù)supervising young children
  • 托育 (tuōyù)supervising young children
Danish børnepasning
  • børnepasningsupervising young children
Dutch kinderopvang
  • kinderopvangsupervising young children
Finnish lastenhoito
  • lastenhoitosupervising young children
French garde d'enfants
  • garde d'enfantssupervising young children
German Kinderbetreuung
  • Kinderbetreuungsupervising young children
Indonesian tempat penitipan anak
  • tempat penitipan anakchildcare centre
Japanese 保育所
  • 保育所 (hoikusho)childcare centre
Malay penjagaan kanak-kanak, tajaka
  • penjagaan kanak-kanaksupervising young children
  • tajakachildcare centre
  • pusat jagaan kanak-kanakchildcare centre
Norwegian Bokmål barnepass
  • barnepasssupervising young children
Polish opieka nad dziećmi, ośrodek opiekuńczy
  • opieka nad dziećmisupervising young children
  • ośrodek opiekuńczychildcare centre
Russian ухо́д за детьми́
  • ухо́д за детьми́ (uxód za detʹmí)supervising young children
Spanish cuidado infantil
  • cuidado infantilsupervising young children
Swedish barnomsorg
  • barnomsorgsupervising young children
Cite this entry
APA

childcare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childcare

MLA

“childcare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childcare. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “childcare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childcare.

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