different between kindergarten vs creche

English

Alternative forms

• kindergarden (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”), coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel (early 19th century); unrelated to kid.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?k?nd???????t(?)n/, /?k?nd???????d(?)n/, [?k??n(d)???????t?(?)n], [?k????????????n?]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?nd?????t(?)n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?n

Noun

kindergarten (plural kindergartens or (obsolete) kindergärten)

1. An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]
2. (US) The elementary school grade before first grade.
3. (Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Synonyms

• nursery school
• preschool

Derived terms

• kindergartener

Related terms

• kindergartner

Translations

See also

• daycare

Further reading

• other meanings of kindergarten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kindergarten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Malay

Etymology

From English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kind?(r)?a(r)t?n/
• Rhymes: -t?n, -?n

Noun

kindergarten (less used, plural kindergarten-kindergarten)

1. kindergarten (educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6)

Synonyms

• tabika/taman bimbingan kanak-kanak
• tadika/taman didikan kanak-kanak

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”).

Noun

kindergarten m (plural kindergartens)

1. kindergarten

English

Noun

creche (plural creches)

1. Alternative form of crèche

Anagrams

• Creech

Old French

Alternative forms

• crecche, cresche

Etymology

From Late Latin cripia, from Old Frankish *krippija, *kripja (“crib, cradle”), from Proto-Germanic *kribj?. More at crib.

Noun

creche f (oblique plural creches, nominative singular creche, nominative plural creches)

1. crib, manger [1150 CE]

Descendants

• Angevin: guêrche, querche
• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: écrèche (Berrichon)
• Bourguignon: creiche, croiche, crouéche, écreuche, écroche, queurche
• Champenois: aicroche
• Middle French: creche, creppe
  • French: crèche
    • ? English: creche
• ? Middle English: crecche, cracche, cratche
  • English: cratch
• Norman: créque
• Picard: crèche (Athois)
• Tourangeau: écrèche, éguerche
• Walloon: crèpe, cripe

Portuguese

Etymology

From French crèche.

Noun

creche f (plural creches)

1. nursery (a place where nursing is carried out)

   Synonym: berçário

Further reading

• “creche” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.