English

Adjective

prekindergarten ‎(not comparable)

1. Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.

Noun

prekindergarten ‎(plural prekindergartens)

1. (US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
   • 2008 June 6, Jennifer Medina, “Parents Find Frustration With Process at Schools”, in New York Times:

     This year, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein has streamlined and centralized the dizzying array of admission procedures for the city’s prekindergartens and middle schools.