babysitter
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in…A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
» Tom can't afford to hire a babysitter.
Том не може собі дозволити найняти няню.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
Babysitter, Babysitterin, Kinderhüter
приходя́щая ня́няprixodjáščaja njánja, ня́няnjánja, бебиси́ттерbɛbisíttɛr
ня́няnjánja, бебісі́ттерbebisítter
(derogatory)A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.
- a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
Examples
128 sentencesTom can't afford to hire a babysitter.
Том не може собі дозволити найняти няню.
Tom got a babysitter for his children.
Том знайшов няню для своїх дітей.
Tom can't find a babysitter for Friday night.
Том не може знайти няню на вечір п'ятниці.
I don't need a babysitter.
Мені не потрібна няня.
I need to get a babysitter.
Translations
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Origin
From baby + sitter.From baby + sitter.
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Forms
plural: babysittersSynonyms
3 synonyms- a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home:baby-sittersitter
Word family
13 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- find a babysitter
- a babysitter for
- for a babysitter
- a good babysitter
- babysitter on such
- a babysitter on
- good babysitter