Definitions for baby-sitter
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ba′by-sit`(v.)-sat, -sit•ting.
or ba′by•sit`
(v.i.)to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
(v.t.)to baby-sit for (a child).
Category: Common Vocabulary
to take watchful responsibility for; tend:
to baby-sit a car.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of baby-sit:
1945–50
ba′by-sit`ter(n.)
ba′by•sit`ter(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter(noun)
a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
Translations for baby-sitter
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
baby-sitter(noun)
to remain in a house to look after a child while its parents are out
She baby-sits for her friends every Saturday.
- babawagter, babaoppasserAfrikaans
- مُرَبيَـة أطفالArabic
- детегледачBulgarian
- babáPortuguese (BR)
- kdo hlídá děti (někomu jako službu)Czech
- der BabysitterGerman
- babysitterDanish
- μπέιμπι σίτερGreek
- niñera, canguroSpanish
- lapsehoidjaEstonian
- پرستار کودک؛ دایهFarsi
- lapsenvahtiFinnish
- garde d'enfantsFrench
- שְׁמַרטָףHebrew
- बच्चे की देखभाल करने वाला या वालीHindi
- čuvarica djeceCroatian
- gyermekőrzőHungarian
- penjaga anakIndonesian
- barnapíaIcelandic
- baby-sitterItalian
- ベビーシッターJapanese
- 애를 봐주는 사람Korean
- vaikų prižiūrėtojasLithuanian
- aukle (vecāku prombūtnes laikā)Latvian
- pengasuhMalay
- oppasDutch
- barnevaktNorwegian
- osoba pilnująca dzieckaPolish
- پرستار کودک؛ دایهPersian
- د ماشوم ساتوتكي، دايهPashto
- babysiterPortuguese
- babysitterRomanian
- приходящая няняRussian
- opatrovateľkaSlovak
- varuškaSlovenian
- bejbisiterSerbian
- barnvaktSwedish
- พี่เลี้ยงเด็กThai
- çocuk bakıcısıTurkish
- 臨時看顧小孩的人Chinese (Trad.)
- нянькаUkrainian
- بچہ نشینUrdu
- người giữ trẻVietnamese
- 照看婴孩者Chinese (Simp.)
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