Meanings
verbwet nurse (third-person singular simple present wet nurses, present participle wet nursing, simple past and past participle wet nursed)
present singular third person wet nurses · participle present wet nursing · participle past wet nursed · past wet nursed · alternative wet-nurse · alternative wetnurse
- transitiveTo act as a wet nurse (in either sense).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek τροφός, τιθήνη
- τροφός (trophós)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- τιθήνη (tithḗnē)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Arabic ظِئْر, دَايَة
- ظِئْر (ẓiʔr)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- دَايَة (dāya)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Bulgarian кърма́чка, до́йка
- кърма́чка (kărmáčka)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- до́йка (dójka)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Catalan dida, dida seca
- didawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- dida secawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- nodrissawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Chinese Mandarin 乳母, 奶媽 /奶妈
- 乳母 (rǔmǔ)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- 奶媽 /奶妈 (nǎimā)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Czech kojná
- kojnáwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Danish amme
- ammewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Dutch zoogmoeder, min
- zoogmoederwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- minwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- zoogsterwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- voedsterwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- minnewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- minnemoederwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Esperanto nutristino
- nutristinowoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Estonian amm
- ammwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Finnish imettäjä
- imettäjäwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
French nourrice
- nourricewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
German Säugamme, Amme
- Säugammewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- Ammewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Greek τροφός, παραμάνα
- τροφός (trofós)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- παραμάνα (paramána)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Hebrew מֵינֶקֶת
- מֵינֶקֶת (meinéket)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Hindi धाय, दाई
- धाय (dhāy)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- दाई (dāī)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- धाय माँ (dhāy mā̃)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Hungarian (szoptatós) dajka
- (szoptatós) dajkawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Icelandic brjóstmóðir
- brjóstmóðirwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Irish banaltra chíche, bean oiliúna
- banaltra chíchewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- bean oiliúnawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- bean altramawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Italian balia
- baliawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Japanese 乳母
- 乳母woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Korean 유모
- 유모 (yumo)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Latin nūtrix, altrix
- nūtrixwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- altrixwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Latvian zīdītāja
- zīdītājawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Malay ibu susuan
- ibu susuanwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Norwegian Bokmål amme
- ammewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Polish mamka, niańka
- mamkawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- niańkasomeone who treats someone else with excessive care
Portuguese ama de leite
- ama de leitewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Romanian doică
- doicăwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Russian корми́лица, ма́мка
- корми́лица (kormílica)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- ма́мка (mámka)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- ня́нька (njánʹka)someone who treats someone else with excessive care
Scottish Gaelic muime-chìche
- muime-chìchewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Slovak kojná, dojka
- kojnáwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- dojkawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Spanish nodriza, pasiega
- nodrizawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- pasiegawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- ama de lechewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- ama de críawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- crianderawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- chichiguawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- añawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- consentidorsomeone who treats someone else with excessive care
- consentidorasomeone who treats someone else with excessive care
Swedish amma
- ammawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Tagalog sisiwa, mamay
- sisiwawoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- mamaywoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Tamil தாய்ச்சி
- தாய்ச்சி (tāycci)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Thai แม่นม
- แม่นม (mɛ̂ɛ-nom)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Turkish sütanne
- sütannewoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Ukrainian годува́льниця, годівни́ця
- годува́льниця (hoduválʹnycja)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- годівни́ця (hodivnýcja)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- ма́мка (mámka)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Urdu دایَہ, دائِی
- دایَہ (dāya)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- دائِی (dāī)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Vietnamese vú nuôi, nhũ mẫu
- vú nuôiwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
- nhũ mẫuwoman hired to suckle another woman's child
Yiddish אַם, זייגערין
- אַם (am)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- זייגערין (zeygerin)woman hired to suckle another woman's child
Cite this entry
APA
wet nurse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20nurse
MLA
“wet nurse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20nurse. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet nurse,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20nurse.
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