nursery
A place where nursing or the raising of children is carried onA place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.: Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
» My little sister goes to nursery school.
Meine kleine Schwester geht in den Kindergarten.
Моя младшая сестра ходит в детский сад.
Моя сестрёнка ходит в детский сад.
Meaning
10 sensesA place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
Kinderstube, Kinderzimmer
де́тская ко́мнатаdétskaja kómnata, де́тскаяdétskaja
(British, UK, countable, uncountable)An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre.
Kindergarten, Kinderstube, Kinderzimmer
я́слиjásli, де́тский садdétskij sad, де́тская ко́мнатаdétskaja kómnata
я́слаjásla
(Philippines, countable, uncountable)The first year of pre-school.
(also, countable, figuratively)A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
пито́мникpitómnik
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
Gärtnerei, Baumschule
расса́дникrassádnik, пито́мникpitómnik
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
(countable)Something which educates and nurtures.
Commerce is the nursery of seamen.
(countable, obsolete, rare)Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
(obsolete, uncountable)The act of nursing or rearing.
- a child's room for a baby
Examples
79 sentencesMy little sister goes to nursery school.
ruМоя младшая сестра ходит в детский сад.
deMeine kleine Schwester geht in den Kindergarten.
The nursery was full of babies, all crying.
The youngest child spent every morning at a nursery.
I understand you're looking for a record album of nursery rhymes.
What's your favorite nursery rhyme?
deWas ist dein Lieblingskinderlied?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 5
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English noricerie, norserye (“children's nursery; state of being fostered or nFrom Middle English noricerie, norserye (“children's nursery; state of being fostered or nursed; education, upbringing”) [and other forms], from Old French norricerie, nourricerie, from norrice, nourrice (modern French nourrice (“childminder, nanny; wet nurse”)) + -erie (suffix forming feminine nouns). Norrice and nourrice are derived from Late Latin nūtrīcia (“wet nurse”), from Latin nūtrīcius (“that nurses or suckles; nourishing”), from nūtriō (“to breastfeed, nurse, suckle”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow”). The English word may be analysed as nourice, nurse + -ery (suffix forming nouns meaning ‘place of’).
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Forms
plural: nurseriesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a child's room for a baby:baby's room
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable