crèche

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crèche

/kɹɛʃ/
/kɹeɪʃ/

Rhymes with -ɛʃ, -eɪʃ

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French crèche (“manger”), from Frankish *krippija, *kribbija, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ. Doublet of crib. Daycare meaning comes from recent use in France French (whereas in Canadian French garderie is used instead).

noun crèches · creche

A representation of the nativity scene. At last, all was complete. The creche at Greccio looked like a new Bethlehem. The baby Jesus would be placed in the manger at midnight Mass.
Ireland, UK A day nursery. They drop their two-year-old off at the crèche in the morning before they go to work.
historical A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital. One road leads to desertion of the child in a convenient hallway; another to the creche of a foundling hospital; a third, to a boarding home, good or indifferent, for the child.
collective A group of young who stay together for protection.

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@misc{cre_che_2026,
  title = {crèche},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cr%C3%A8che},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}