puericulture

See also: puériculture

English

Etymology

From French puériculture. Compare agriculture, pisciculture, aquaculture, and so on.

Noun

puericulture (uncountable)

1. The rearing of young children, conceived of as an art or science.

Translations

rearing of young children

• French: puériculture (fr) f
• Serbo-Croatian: puerikultura f

References

• William H. Schneider, Quality and Quantity: The Quest for Biological Regeneration in Twentieth-Century France, Cambridge University Press (2002), →ISBN, pages 63–64.

Italian

Noun

puericulture f

1. plural of puericultura