"kindergartner" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɪndɚˌɡɑrtnɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːtnə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: kindergartners [plural]
Etymology: kindergarten + -er, with spelling influenced by German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|kindergarten|-er}} kindergarten + -er, {{cog|de|Kindergärtner|t=kindergarten teacher}} German Kindergärtner (“kindergarten teacher”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kindergartner (plural kindergartners)
  1. A child who attends a kindergarten. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (child who attends a kindergarten): Kindergartenkind [neuter] (German), Kindergartenschüler [masculine] (German), Kindergartenschülerin [feminine] (German), Kindergärtler [Switzerland, masculine] (German), Kindergärtlerin [Switzerland, feminine] (German), óvodás (Hungarian), ovis (Hungarian), заба́ваче (zabávače) [neuter] (Macedonian), przedszkolak [masculine] (Polish), детса́довец (detsádovec) [masculine] (Russian), детса́довка (detsádovka) [feminine] (Russian), putajulan (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-kindergartner-en-noun-3NucQ~Jt Disambiguation of Occupations: 55 45 Disambiguation of People: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'child who attends a kindergarten': 80 20
  2. (rare) A person who teaches at a kindergarten. Tags: rare Translations (person who teaches at a kindergarten): lastentarhanopettaja (Finnish), Kindergärtner [masculine] (German), Kindergärtnerin [feminine] (German), óvónő (Hungarian), забава́ч (zabaváč) [masculine] (Macedonian), забава́чка (zabaváčka) [feminine] (Macedonian), воспитувач (vospituvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), воспитувачка (vospituvačka) [feminine] (Macedonian), przedszkolanka [feminine] (Polish), воспита́тель (vospitátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), воспита́тельница (vospitátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), vzgojiteljica [feminine] (Slovene), putajulatidan (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-kindergartner-en-noun-RqdaxHU1 Disambiguation of 'person who teaches at a kindergarten': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kindergartener [uncommon]

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vospitátelʹnica",
      "sense": "person who teaches at a kindergarten",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "воспита́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who teaches at a kindergarten",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vzgojiteljica"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who teaches at a kindergarten",
      "word": "putajulatidan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kindergartner"
}

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