babysitter

See also: Babysitter, baby-sitter, and baby sitter

English

Alternative forms

baby-sitter
(rare) baby sitter

Etymology

From baby +‎ sitter.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ/

Noun

babysitter (plural babysitters)

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other moms' children.

Derived terms

babysitter test

Related terms

Translations

baby or child caretaker

Albanian: dado (sq)
Arabic: حَاضِنَة‎ f (ḥāḍina), مُرَبِّيَة‎ f (murabbiya)
Basque: haurtzain
Catalan: cangur (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (no equivalent exists; literally:) 臨時看孩子的人, 临时看孩子的人 (línshí kān háizi de rén)
Czech: dozor u dítěte
Danish: babysitter, barnepige (da), aftenvagt
Dutch: babyoppas, kinderoppas (nl), oppas (nl), wiegewacht
Esperanto: vartisto, vartistino
Estonian: lapsehoidja
Finnish: lapsenkaitsija, lapsenvahti (fi)
French: baby-sitter (fr) f, gardienne d’enfant f, bonne d’enfant f
German: Babysitter (de) m, Babysitterin (de) f, Kinderhüter m, Kinderhüterin f, Kinderbetreuer m, Kinderbetreuerin f
Greek: μπέιμπι σίτερ m or f (béimpi síter), φύλακας νηπίων m or f (fýlakas nipíon)
Hebrew: שְׁמַרְטַף‎ (he) m (sh'martáf), שְׁמַרְטַפִית‎ f (sh'martafít), בייביסיטר‎ m or f (beibisiter)
Hindi: दाई (hi) (dā'ī)
Hungarian: bébiszitter (hu), pótmama
Icelandic: barnapía
Indonesian: pramusiwi (id)
Irish: feighlí páistí m
Italian: baby-sitter (it)
Japanese: ベビーシッター (bebīsittā), 子守 (こもり, komori)
Khmer: អ្នកមើលក្មេង (neak merl khmeng)

Korean: 베이비시터 (ko) (beibisiteo)
Latvian: aukle
Lithuanian: ateinanti auklė, vaikų prižiūrėtoja
Macedonian: дадилка (mk) f (dadilka)
Maltese: bejbisiter
Norman: gardeux d'êfants m, gardeuse d'êfants f
Norwegian: barnevakt, kenguru (no)
Portuguese: babá (pt) m
Romanian: babysitter (ro) m or f, bonă (ro) f, doică (ro) f
Russian: приходя́щая ня́ня f (prixodjáščaja njánja), ня́ня (ru) f (njánja), бебиси́ттер (ru) m or f (bɛbisíttɛr), бэбиси́ттер m or f (bɛbisíttɛr)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дадиља f

Roman: dadilja (sh) f
Slovak: opatrovnica, dozor u dieťaťa
Spanish: niñera (es) f, canguro (es) m (Spain), china (es) f (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)
Swahili: mlezi wa muda, mlei, yaya (sw)
Swedish: barnvakt (sv) c
Tagalog: yáya, tagá-alagà ng batà
Telugu: ఆయా (te) (āyā)
Thai: พี่เลี้ยง (pîi-líiang)
Turkish: çocuk bakıcısı
Vietnamese: người giữ trẻ
Volapük: (♂♀) cilikälädan, (♂) cilihikälädan, (♀) cilijikälädan
Welsh: gwarchodwr banbanod

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English babysitter.

Noun

babysitter c (singular definite babysitteren, plural indefinite babysittere)

A babysitter.

Inflection

Declension of babysitter

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	babysitter	babysitteren	babysittere	babysitterne
genitive	babysitters	babysitterens	babysitteres	babysitternes

Alternative forms

baby-sitter

Verb

babysitter

present of babysitte

Finnish

Noun

babysitter

A babysitter.

Declension

Inflection of babysitter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		babysitter	babysitterit
genitive		babysitterin	babysitterien babysittereiden babysittereitten
partitive		babysitteriä	babysittereitä babysitterejä
illative		babysitteriin	babysittereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		babysitter	babysitterit
accusative	nom.	babysitter	babysitterit
accusative	gen.	babysitterin	babysitterit
genitive		babysitterin	babysitterien babysittereiden babysittereitten
partitive		babysitteriä	babysittereitä babysitterejä
inessive		babysitterissä	babysittereissä
elative		babysitteristä	babysittereistä
illative		babysitteriin	babysittereihin
adessive		babysitterillä	babysittereillä
ablative		babysitteriltä	babysittereiltä
allative		babysitterille	babysittereille
essive		babysitterinä	babysittereinä
translative		babysitteriksi	babysittereiksi
instructive		—	babysitterein
abessive		babysitterittä	babysittereittä
comitative		—	babysittereineen

Synonyms

lapsenvahti

Italian

Noun

babysitter m or f (invariable)

A babysitter.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English babysitter.

Noun

babysitter m (plural babysitteri)

babysitter

Declension

declension of babysitter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) babysitter	babysitterul	(niște) babysitteri	babysitterii
genitive/dative	(unui) babysitter	babysitterului	(unor) babysitteri	babysitterilor
vocative	babysitterule		babysitterilor

References

babysitter in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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