"day care center" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: day care centers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} day care center (plural day care centers)
  1. A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation. Synonyms: day nursery [UK], day care centre Related terms: day centre Translations (A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work): päiväkoti (Finnish), garderie [feminine] (French), Kindertagesstätte [feminine] (German), Kita (note: shortening of the former) [feminine] (German), Tagesstätte [feminine] (German), Ganztagskindergarten [Austrian, masculine] (German), bölcsőde (Hungarian), де́тский сад (détskij sad) (Russian), daghem [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-day_care_center-en-noun-YV9f42OZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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