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creche

creche

1 5.7
A place where babies and young children are cared for during the day
  • noun
  • /krɛʃ/
  • UK
translation icon : guardería
  • Many parents choose a creche that offers activities to help their children learn and socialize.

She didn't lie for the McCanns, but lied to save herself and the whole creche safety system for Mark Warner Group.

Examples

  • The creche provides a safe environment for children while their parents are at work.

  • A central component of this growing informal sector is self-help and survival initiatives among the poor, such as creches (childcare centers) and comedores populares (soup kitchens).

    Academic text (1999)

  • I have a baby creche, and the kids are usually just under the age of 2.

    Blog text (25)

  • I can remember only one visit to the creche.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Then we went to the creche.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I wanted to go to bed with her there and then, on the laboratory floor, but she rushed me to the creche to see Olga.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • When you go to the creche to get Dominic, says I, can you pop into the electrical shop nearby and get us a toasted sandwich maker?

    Blog text (21)

  • Every morning, I drop my son off at the creche before heading to the office.

Synonyms

child care
vscreche
116 1.9

Looking after children by someone other than their parents, often for pay

is limited to daytime care at a place for babies and young children
daycare
vscreche
106 1.0

A place where staff look after young children during the day while their parents work

focuses on a place caring for babies and young children during work hours
day care
vscreche
75 1.2

Care for children during the day while their parents work

means care during daytime but may refer to a service rather than a place
day care center
vscreche
  • US
50 1.8

A place where young children are looked after while parents work

is the same concept but highlights care while parents are busy or at work
day nursery
vscreche
  • UK
2.2

A place where adults look after young children during the day while their parents work

is the same idea but for babies and young children during work hours

How Formal

kindergarten
  • US
180 1.1
creche
  • UK
1 5.7
playgroup
3 1.0
childminder
  • UK
1 2.8
babysitting
38 1.0

Surface Forms

creche singular
creches plural
crèches plural
crèche singular

Etymology

Creche comes from the French crèche, meaning 'crib' or 'manger', and the word grew to mean a 'place for babies'. So a creche today is a day place where young children are cared for.