daycare

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daycare

  • /ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/ UK

Where it comes from

From day + care.

noun daycares · day care

  1. countable, uncountable Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.
  2. countable, uncountable A daycare centre.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: day care, childcare, creche, nursery, crèche, custody, child, garde, guard, on-call, kindergarten, centre, day, crib, care, hive

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noun daytime supervision

Españolguardería (infantil) servicio de, wawawasi, nido
中文日托 rìtuō, 半托 bàntuō
Françaisgarderie
DeutschTagespflege
Русскийя́сли jásli
العربيةرِعَايَة نَهَارِيَّة

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@misc{daycare_2026,
  title = {daycare},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/daycare},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}