nursery rhyme
nursery rhyme noun: a short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore.
Noun
nursery rhyme (plural nursery rhymes)
nursery rhyme meaning in Urdu and Arabic
nursery rhyme in Urdu
- گہوارہ گیت, لوری
nursery rhyme in Arabic
- short poem or song for children
- أُسْجُوعَةُ أَطْفَال ʔusjūʕatu ʔaṭfāl
Forms of nursery rhyme
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Origin of nursery rhyme
From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom.
Questions about nursery rhyme
- What does nursery rhyme mean?
- Nursery rhyme means a short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore.
- What is nursery rhyme in Urdu?
- Nursery rhyme in Urdu is گہوارہ گیت, لوری. See Nursery rhyme meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is nursery rhyme?
- Nursery rhyme is a noun.
- What is the plural of nursery rhyme?
- The plural of nursery rhyme is nursery rhymes.
Words near nursery rhyme in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nursery rhyme (page history and authors); nursery rhyme (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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