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childcare

childcare noun: the act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.

Noun

childcare (countable and uncountable, plural childcares)

  1. (uncountable) The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
    • Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.1993, Amitai Etzioni, The parenting deficit
  2. (countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

childcare meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Punjabi

childcare in Tamil

குழந்தை வளர்ப்பு, பிள்ளை வளரப்பு

childcare in Marathi

बालसंगोपन, बालसंगोपना, बालसंगोपने

childcare in Malayalam

ശിശുപരിപാലനം

childcare in Punjabi

ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਦੇਖ-ਭਾਲ
More languagesFewer languages
childcare in Malay
penjagaan kanak-kanak, tajaka, pusat jagaan kanak-kanak
childcare in Indonesian
tempat penitipan anak

Forms of childcare

pluralchildcares
alternative formchild-care
alternative formchild care

Origin of childcare

From child + care.

Words formed from childcare

Questions about childcare

What does childcare mean?
Childcare means the act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
What is childcare in Tamil?
Childcare in Tamil is குழந்தை வளர்ப்பு, பிள்ளை வளரப்பு. See Childcare meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is childcare?
Childcare is a noun.
What is the plural of childcare?
The plural of childcare is childcares.

Words near childcare in the dictionary

  1. childbeds
  2. childbirth
  3. childbirths
  4. childbride
  5. childbrides
  6. childcare
  7. childcarer
  8. childcarers
  9. childcares
  10. childcaring
  11. childcentric

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: childcare (page history and authors); childcare (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); childcare (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); childcare (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); childcare (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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