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English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?s??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??s??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s??
• Hyphenation: nurs?ing

Adjective

nursing (comparative more nursing, superlative most nursing)

1. In the state of suckling young, lactating.

2. Referring to nurses.

Translations

Noun

nursing (countable and uncountable, plural nursings)

1. Suckling, such as breastfeeding.
2. The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

Translations

Verb

nursing

1. present participle of nurse

Derived terms

• nursing bra

Anagrams

• unrings, urnings

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)

1. (countable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
   1. (by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
   2. A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.
   3. A nursery school (“a school where pre-school children learn and play at the same time”).
   4. (Philippines) The first year of pre-school.
2. (countable, also figuratively) A place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
   1. (agriculture, zoology) A place where animals breed, or where young animals are naturally or artificially reared (for example, on a farm).
   2. (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.
   3. (sports) A club or team for developing the skills of young players.
3. (countable) Something which educates and nurtures.
4. (countable, billiards) Short for nursery cannon (“a carom shot involving balls that are very close together”).
5. (countable, obsolete, rare) Someone or something that is nursed; a nursling.
6. (uncountable, obsolete) The act of nursing or rearing.

Derived terms

Related terms

• nurse

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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)

1. nursery (place for the care of children)