different between babysit vs babysitter

English

Alternative forms

• baby-sit

Etymology

Back-formation from babysitter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?bi.s?t/

Verb

babysit (third-person singular simple present babysits, present participle babysitting, simple past and past participle babysat)

1. To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

   My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.

   We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.
2. (transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.

   He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.

   • 2016, Christopher Vasey, Nazi Intelligence Operations in Non-Occupied Territories (page 175)

     It was observed by the FBI personnel assigned to “babysit” agent Tricycle that his egregiously excessive spending was causing unwanted attention […]

Translations

Danish

Verb

babysit

1. imperative of babysitte

English

Alternative forms

• baby-sitter
• (rare) baby sitter

Etymology

From baby +? sitter.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?be?bi?s?t?/

Noun

babysitter (plural babysitters)

1. A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

Derived terms

• babysitter test
• babysit (via back-formation)

Related terms

• house-sitter

Translations

See also

• nanny
• nurse

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English babysitter.

Noun

babysitter c (singular definite babysitteren, plural indefinite babysittere)

1. A babysitter.

Inflection

Alternative forms

• baby-sitter

Verb

babysitter

1. present of babysitte

Finnish

Noun

babysitter

1. A babysitter.

Declension

Synonyms

• lapsenvahti

Italian

Noun

babysitter m or f (invariable)

1. A babysitter.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English babysitter.

Noun

babysitter m (plural babysitteri)

1. babysitter

Declension

See also

• bon?
• d?dac?
• doic?
• guvernant?

References

• babysitter in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)