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nursery
English
Etymology
From Middle English noricerie, norserye (“children's nursery; state of being fostered or nursed; education, upbringing”) [and other forms], from Old French norricerie, nourricerie, from norrice, nourrice (modern French nourrice (“childminder, nanny; wet nurse”)) + -erie (suffix forming feminine nouns). Norrice and nourrice are derived from Late Latin n?tr?cia (“wet nurse”), from Latin n?tr?cius (“that nurses or suckles; nourishing”), from n?tri? (“to breastfeed, nurse, suckle”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh?- (“to flow”). The English word may be analysed as nourice, nurse +? -ery (suffix forming nouns meaning ‘place of’).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n??s??i/, /?n??s?i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?s??i/, /?n?s?i/
- Hyphenation: nurs?e?ry
Noun
nursery (countable and uncountable, plural nurseries)
- (countable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
- (by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
- A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.
- A nursery school (“a school where pre-school children learn and play at the same time”).
- (Philippines) The first year of pre-school.
- (by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
- (countable, also figuratively) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
- (agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
- (horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.
- (sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
- (countable) Something which educates and nurtures.
- (countable, billiards) Short for nursery cannon (“a carom shot involving balls that are very close together”).
- (countable, obsolete, rare) Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
- (uncountable, obsolete) The act of nursing or rearing.
Derived terms
Related terms
- nurse
Translations
Notes
References
Further reading
- nursery (room) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nursery habitat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nursery school on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- plant nursery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- nursery (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English nursery.
Noun
nursery f (invariable)
- nursery (place for the care of children)
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nurture
English
Alternative forms
- nouriture (obsolete)
- nutriture (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n???.t???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t??(?)
Noun
nurture (countable and uncountable, plural nurtures)
- The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
- Synonyms: upbringing, raising, education, training
- That which nourishes; food; diet.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland
- Other great houses there be of the English in Ireland, which, through licentious conversing with the Irish, or marrying, or fostering with them or lack of meet nurture, or other such unhappy occasions, have degenerated from their ancient dignities and are now grown as Irish as O'Hanlon's breech, as the proverb there is.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland
- The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").
- 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes
- A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
- 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes
Translations
Verb
nurture (third-person singular simple present nurtures, present participle nurturing, simple past and past participle nurtured)
- To nourish or nurse.
- (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
- 2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, ?ISBN
- The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.
- 2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, ?ISBN
Synonyms
- (figuratively, to encourage): See Thesaurus:nurture
Related terms
- nourish
- nourishment
- nurse
- nursery
- nurturance
- nutrient
- nutriment
- nutrition
- nutritional
- nutritious
- nutritive
Translations
Further reading
- nurture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- nurture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- U-turner, untruer
Middle English
Noun
nurture
- Alternative form of norture
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