babysitter
English
Alternative forms
- baby-sitter
- baby sitter (rare)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
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
Translations
baby or child caretaker
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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English babysitter.
Inflection
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
Finnish
Etymology
From English babysitter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbei̯bisiter/, [ˈbe̞i̯biˌs̠it̪e̞r]
- IPA(key): /ˈbei̯bisitːer/, [ˈbe̞i̯biˌs̠it̪ːe̞r]
Declension
| 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. | |||
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “babysitter”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.
Declension
Declension of babysitter
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Declension
Declension of babysitter
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- babysitter in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
två babysitters
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism from English babysitter.
Declension
| 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
- barnvakt (“babysitter”)
References
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