kindergartener
5
2.2
- noun
- /ˌkɪndərˈɡɑːrtənər/
- US
:
niño de jardín de infancia
- Students as young as kindergarteners were able to navigate the library independently.
- kindergarteners and first graders
- preschoolers and kindergarteners
- group of kindergarteners
Am I saying that one ought to give my book to kindergarteners?
- Am I saying that one ought to give my book to kindergarteners?
- Can you clarify that rather than saying, well, I feel like I'm, you know, in a, in a, in a film that's that's for kindergarteners or something like that?
- You know, you see these, you know, training videos of kindergarteners indoctrinating them into hating Jews in Israel.
Examples
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The kindergarteners presented an original scat piece along with the familiar arrangement of "A-Tisket, A-Tasket."
Academic text (2008) -
A kindergartener explains how to catch a leprechaun with the trap he has designed.
Academic text (2013) -
Not every kindergartener is a little scientist, but every kindergartener should have the opportunity to be.
Blog text (13) -
Each kindergartener walks in the door with five years of life to offer: experiences, abilities, and dreams.
Academic text (2013) -
In 2012, a kindergartener in the Davis School District brought home a library book that disturbed her mother.
Academic text (2015) -
In 2011, the school district of Auburn, Maine, distributed an iPad 2 to each kindergartener in its district.
Academic text (2014) -
Typical kindergarteners and first graders seek friends who are convenient and share interests.
Academic text (2005) -
Helping my students grow from kindergarteners into fully fledged readers and writers in just one year is an extraordinary process.
Academic text (2012) -
Darien (pseudonym), a normally shy and reserved kindergartener, sits with a mobile device with a huge smile on his face.
Academic text (2013) -
In her sweet, high-pitched voice, she asks the kindergarteners to close their eyes and imagine what a stranger looks like.
Synonyms
37
1.0
A child who goes to primary or secondary school
23
2.3
A young child who goes to school before starting primary school
9
2.7
A child in the first year of kindergarten
Surface Forms
Morphology
kindergartener = kindergarten (transparent) = kindergarten + er
The word is formed regularly from 'kindergarten' plus '-er' to mean a child associated with that school level.
Etymology
Kindergartener comes from the German words Kinder 'children' and Garten 'garden', a name that imagines a 'children's garden' where young children learn and play. So, a kindergartener is a child who attends kindergarten, usually around five or six.