kindergarten

kindergarten

See also: Kindergarten, kindergärten, and Kindergärten

English

Alternative forms

• kindergarden (misspelling)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”), coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel (early 19th century).

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/, /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹd(ə)n/, [ˈkʰɪn(d)əɹˌɡɑːɹt̬(ə)n], [ˈkʰɪɾ̃əɹˌɡɑːɹʔn̩]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːt(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən

Noun

kindergarten (plural kindergartens or (obsolete) kindergärten)

1. (Canada, US, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]
2. (Canada, US, Australia) The elementary school grade before first grade.
3. (Philippines) The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

Synonyms

• (UK) nursery school
• preschool

Derived terms

• kindergartener

Related terms

• kindergartner

Translations

educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6

Afrikaans: kleuterskool Albanian: kopsht (sq) m (Albania), çerdhe (sq) (Kosovo) Arabic: رِيَاض‎ m (riyāḍ), رَوْضَة‎ f (rawḍa), رِيَاض أَطْفَال‎ m (riyāḍ ʾaṭfāl), رَوْضَة أَطْفَال‎ f (rawḍa(t) ʾaṭfāl) Moroccan Arabic: روض‎ m (rūḍ) Armenian: մանկապարտեզ (hy) (mankapartez) Azerbaijani: uşaq bağçası Bashkir: балалар баҡсаһы (balalar baqsahı) Belarusian: дзіця́чы сад m (dzicjáčy sad) Bengali: কিণ্ডারগার্টেন (kiṇḍarôgarṭen) Bulgarian: де́тска гради́на f (détska gradína) Burmese: သူငယ်တန်း (my) (su-ngaitan:) Catalan: llar d'infants (ca) f, escola bressol (ca) f Chechen: берийн баьш (beriin bäš), берийн беш (beriin beš) Chinese: Mandarin: 幼兒園／幼儿园 (zh) (yòu'éryuán), (Taiwan) 幼稚園／幼稚园 (zh) (yòuzhìyuán) Chuvash: ача панчи (ač̬a p̬anč̬i) Czech: mateřská škola (cs) f, školka (cs) f Danish: børnehave (da) c Dutch: kleuterschool (nl) Erzya: эйкакшпире (ejkakšpire) Esperanto: infanĝardeno, antaŭlernejo Estonian: lasteaed Faroese: dagstovnur m, barnagarður m Finnish: esikoulu (fi) (year of education before compulsory education), päiväkoti (fi), lastentarha (fi), (colloquial) tarha (fi) French: maternelle (fr) f, jardin d'enfants (fr) m, école maternelle f Georgian: საბავშვო ბაღი (sabavšvo baɣi) German: Vorschule (de) f, Kindergarten (de) (but the latter is not seen as a school, rather as a form of day care) Greek: νηπιαγωγείο (el) n (nipiagogeío) Greenlandic: børnehave, paaqqinniffik, meeqqerivik Hebrew: גַּן‎ (he) m (gan) (garden), גַן יְלָדִים‎ (he) m (gan y'ladím) (children garden) Hindi: किंडरगार्टन (hi) m (kiṇḍargārṭan), किण्डरगार्टन (hi) m (kiṇḍargārṭan) Hungarian: óvoda (hu) Icelandic: leikskóli (is) m Ido: infanto-skolo, infant-azilo Indonesian: taman kanak-kanak (id), raudatul athfal Italian: asilo (it) m Japanese: 幼稚園 (ja) (ようちえん, yōchien) Kashubian: dzecnica f Kazakh: балабақша (balabaqşa) Khmer: សាលាមត្តេយ្យ (saalaamattəy), មត្តេយ្យសាលា (mattəyyĕəʼsaalaa) Korean: 유치원(幼稚園) (ko) (yuchiwon), 유아원(幼兒園) (ko) (yuawon) Kumyk: яшлар баву (yaşlar bawu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: باخچەی منداڵان‎ (baxçey mindallan) Northern Kurdish: zarrokistan (ku), zarrokxane (ku) Kyrgyz: балдар бакчасы (ky) (baldar bakçası) Lao: ໂຮງຮຽນອະນຸບານ (lo) (hōng hīan ʼa nu bān) Latvian: bērnudārzs m Lithuanian: vaikų darželis m Luxembourgish: Spillschoul f Macedonian: детска градинка f (detska gradinka) Malay: tadika, taman didikan kanak-kanak, tabika, taman bimbingan kanak-kanak, kindergarten Mongolian: Cyrillic: хүүхдийн цэцэрлэг (xüüxdiin cecerleg) Northern Sami: mánáidgárdi Norwegian: Bokmål: barnehage (no) m Nynorsk: barnehage m Pashto: کودکستان‎ m (kodakestān), وړکتون‎ (ps) m (waṛaktun) Persian: کودکستان‎ (fa) (kudakestân) Polish: przedszkole (pl) n, dzieciniec (pl) m Portuguese: jardim de infância (pt) m, parquinho m (Brazil), infantário (pt) Romanian: grădiniță (ro) f, grădiniță de copii (ro) f Russian: де́тский сад (ru) m (détskij sad), детса́д (ru) m (detsád), детса́дик (ru) m (detsádik), де́тский са́дик m (détskij sádik), сад (ru) m (sad), са́дик (ru) m (sádik) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: vr̀tić m, òbdanīšte (sh) n, zàbavīšte (sh) n, prèdškōla (sh) f Roman: вр̀тић m, о̀бданӣште n, за̀бавӣште n, прѐдшко̄ла f Slovak: materská škola f Slovene: vrtec m Spanish: parvulario (es) m, jardín de infancia (es) m, jardín infantil (es) m, (Latin America) kínder (es) m, jardín de niños m (Mexico), kindergarten (es) m (Puerto Rico) Swedish: daghem (sv) n, dagis (sv) n, förskola (sv) c, lekis (sv) n, lekskola (sv) c Tajik: кӯдакистон (tg) (küdakiston), боғчаи бачагон (boġčayi bačagon), боғчаи бачагона (boġčayi bačagona) Tatar: балалар бакчасы (balalar baqçası) Thai: โรงเรียนอนุบาล (roong-riian-à-nú-baan) Turkish: anaokulu (tr) Turkmen: çagalar bagy Ukrainian: дитя́чий сад m (dytjáčyj sad), дитя́чий садо́к m (dytjáčyj sadók), дитсадо́к (uk) m (dytsadók) Urdu: کنڈرگارٹن‎ (kiṇḍargārṭan) Uyghur: بالىلار باغچىسى‎ (balilar baghchisi) Uzbek: bolalar bogʻchasi Vietnamese: mẫu giáo (vi), nhà trẻ (vi), vườn trẻ Volapük: putajul Yiddish: קינדערגאָרטן‎ m (kindergortn)

the elementary school grade before first grade

Danish: børnehaveklasse c Finnish: esikoulu (fi) Greek: νηπιαγωγείο (el) n (nipiagogeío) Macedonian: забавиште n (zabavište) Portuguese: jardim (pt) m (Brazil), parquinho m (Brazil) Spanish: kínder (es) m (Latin America), preescolar (es) m

See also

• daycare

Further reading

• other meanings of kindergarten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kindergarten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Malay

Etymology

From English kindergarten, from German Kindergarten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kində(r)ɡa(r)tən/
• Rhymes: -tən, -ən

Noun

kindergarten (less used, plural kindergarten-kindergarten)

1. kindergarten (educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6)

Synonyms

• tabika/taman bimbingan kanak-kanak
• tadika/taman didikan kanak-kanak

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”).

Noun

kindergarten m (plural kindergartens)

1. kindergarten

Further reading

• “kindergarten”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014