childcare

English

From child +‎ care.

childcare (countable and uncountable, plural childcares)

(uncountable) The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
Hypernym: caregiving

Hyponym: daycare
- 1993, Amitai Etzioni, The parenting deficit:
  Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.
(countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.
Hyponym: daycare

supervising young children

Chinese:
Mandarin: 幼托 (yòutuō), 兒童看護 / 儿童看护 (értóng kānhù), 托兒服務 / 托儿服务 (tuō'ér fúwù), 兒童保育 / 儿童保育 (értóng bǎoyù), 托育 (tuōyù)
Danish: børnepasning (da) c
Dutch: kinderopvang (nl) m
Finnish: lastenhoito (fi)
French: garde d’enfants f
German: Kinderbetreuung (de) f
Malay: penjagaan kanak-kanak
Norwegian:
Bokmål: barnepass n

Nynorsk: barnepass n
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: cuidado infantil m
Swedish: barnomsorg (sv) c

childcare centre