babysitter
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtə//
- Vereinigtes Königreich/[ˈbe̞ɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪtʰə]/
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ//
- Vereinigte Staaten/[ˈbeɪ̯bɪi̯ˌsɪɾɚ]/
- Australien//ˈbæ̝ɪ̯biˌsɪtɚ//
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
Substantiv
- 1
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.
- 2
A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.
He said he did not want to be on tenterhooks worrying about us and having to act as a babysitter for grown men.
Herkunft
From baby + sitter.
Formen
- Plural
- babysitters
babylon · A female breast.Babylon · A governate in Iraq.babysit · To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time,…
babysitter · A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
babysitting · The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the…bach · A small hut, especially for a man living alone.Bach · A surname from German.