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Webster 1913 Edition

Creche

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Crèche

(krā̍sh)
,
Noun.
[F.]
1.
A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

Definition 2024

creche

creche

See also: crèche and créché

English

Noun

creche ‎(plural creches)

  1. Alternative form of crèche

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. crib; cot (bed for an infant)

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

creche f (plural creches)

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

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