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kindy

/ˈkɪndi/

kindy is the diminutive of kindergarten.

Meaning of kindergarten

Noun

kindergarten (plural kindergartens or (obsolete) kindergärten)

  1. (Australia, Canada, India, UK, US, historical) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; a nursery school.
  2. (Canada, India, New-South-Wales, US) The elementary school grade before first grade.
    Synonyms:
    reception
  3. (Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Synonyms of kindy

Forms of kindy

pluralkindies

Origin of kindy

Clipping of kind(ergarten) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Words that rhyme with kindy

Questions about kindy

What is kindy the diminutive of?
Kindy is the diminutive of kindergarten.
How do you pronounce kindy?
Kindy is pronounced /ˈkɪndi/.

Words near kindy in the dictionary

  1. kindships
  2. kindsome
  3. Kindt
  4. Kindts
  5. kinduva
  6. kindy
  7. Kindzmarauli
  8. kine
  9. kine bud
  10. kine-
  11. kine-pox

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kindy (page history and authors); kindergarten (page history and authors). 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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