childcare
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childcare
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From child + care.
noun childcares · child-care · child care
- The 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.
- A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: child care, daycare, nursery, crèche, foster, parenting, nanny, motherhood, parental, home, hospitality, infant, infancy, childhood, child, custody
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noun supervising young children
| Español | cuidado infantil |
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| 中文 | 幼托 yòutuō, 兒童看護 /儿童看护 értóng kānhù, 托兒服務 /托儿服务 tuō'ér fúwù, 兒童保育 /儿童保育 értóng bǎoyù, 托育 tuōyù |
| Français | garde d'enfants |
| Deutsch | Kinderbetreuung |
| Русский | ухо́д за детьми́ uxód za detʹmí |
noun childcare centre
| 日本語 | 保育所 hoikusho |
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Talk about this word "childcare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/childcare. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. childcare. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/childcare "childcare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/childcare.Cite this
@misc{childcare_2026,
title = {childcare},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/childcare},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
