day care center
A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents workA nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.
» Day nurseries and day care centers are now closed.
Krippen und Kitas sind ab sofort geschlossen. — tymy
Miktsoanit · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.
Kindertagesstätte, Kita, Tagesstätte
де́тский садdétskij sad
a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work
Examples
3 sentencesDay nurseries and day care centers are now closed.
deKrippen und Kitas sind ab sofort geschlossen. — tymy
I got to work late because I had to drop my daughter off at the day-care center.
Could you please pick Shigemi up for me at the day-care center?
Translations
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Forms
plural: day care centers| Singular | day care center |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work:day nursery
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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