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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
- Synonym: sitter
- Hypernym: childminder
- My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
- (derogatory) A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.
- 2005, Alan Ball, Playing Extra Time, page 158:
- He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]baby or child caretaker
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See also
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English babysitter.
Noun
[edit]babysitter c (singular definite babysitteren, plural indefinite babysittere)
- A babysitter.
Inflection
[edit]Declension of babysitter
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | babysitter | babysitteren | babysittere | babysitterne |
genitive | babysitters | babysitterens | babysitteres | babysitternes |
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]babysitter
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English babysitter.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]babysitter
- A babysitter.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of babysitter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | babysitter | babysitterit | |
genitive | babysitterin | babysitterien babysittereiden babysittereitten | |
partitive | babysitteriä | babysittereitä babysitterejä | |
illative | babysitteriin | babysittereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | babysitter | babysitterit | |
accusative | nom. | babysitter | babysitterit |
gen. | babysitterin | ||
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 | |
abessive | babysitterittä | babysittereittä | |
instructive | — | babysitterein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “babysitter”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.
Noun
[edit]babysitter m or f by sense (invariable)
- Alternative form of baby-sitter
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.
Noun
[edit]babysitter m (plural babysitteri, feminine equivalent babysitter)
Declension
[edit]Declension of babysitter
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Noun
[edit]babysitter f (plural babysittere)
- female equivalent of babysitter
Declension
[edit]Declension of babysitter
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) babysitter | babysittera | (niște) babysittere | babysitterele |
genitive/dative | (unei) babysittere | babysitterei | (unor) babysittere | babysitterelor |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- babysitter in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Pseudo-anglicism from English babysitter.
Noun
[edit]babysitter c
Declension
[edit]Declension of babysitter | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | babysitter | babysittern | babysitters, babysitter, babysittrar | babysitterna, babysittrarna |
Genitive | babysitters | babysitterns | babysitters, babysittrars | babysitternas, babysittrarnas |
See also
[edit]- barnvakt (“babysitter”)
References
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