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babysitter

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From baby +‎ sitter.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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babysitter (plural babysitters)

  1. A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
    Synonyms: childsitter, sitter
    Hypernym: childminder
    My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
  2. (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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English babysitter.

Noun

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babysitter c (singular definite babysitteren, plural indefinite babysittere)

  1. A babysitter.

Inflection

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Verb

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babysitter

  1. present of babysitte

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English babysitter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbei̯bisiter/, [ˈbe̞i̯biˌs̠it̪e̞r]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbei̯bisitːer/, [ˈbe̞i̯biˌs̠it̪ːe̞r]
  • Rhymes: -itːer

Noun

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babysitter

  1. A babysitter.

Declension

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Possessive forms of babysitter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.

Noun

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babysitter m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of baby-sitter

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English babysitter.

Noun

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babysitter m (plural babysitteri, feminine equivalent babysitter)

  1. babysitter

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative babysitter babysitterul babysitteri babysitterii
genitive-dative babysitter babysitterului babysitteri babysitterilor
vocative babysitterule babysitterilor

Noun

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babysitter f (plural babysittere)

  1. female equivalent of babysitter

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative babysitter babysittera babysittere babysitterele
genitive-dative babysittere babysitterei babysittere babysitterelor
vocative

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
två babysitters

Etymology

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Pseudo-anglicism from English babysitter.

Noun

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babysitter c

  1. a baby bouncer

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