English
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
( Canada , US , Australia ) nursery school . [from 1852] ( Canada , US , Australia ) elementary school grade before first grade .( Philippines ) nursery and prep ; the second and third years of preschool .
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Translations educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6
Afrikaans: kleuterskool Albanian: kopsht (sq) m ( Albania ) , çerdhe (sq) ( Kosovo ) Arabic: رَوْضَة f ( rawḍa ) , رَوْضَة أَطْفَال f ( rawḍa(t) ʔaṭfāl ) , رِيَاض أَطْفَال m ( riyāḍ ʔaṭfāl ) , رِيَاض m ( riyāḍ ) Gulf Arabic: روضة f ( rōḏ̣a ) Moroccan Arabic: روض m ( rūḍ ) South Levantine Arabic: رَوْضَة f ( rawḍa ) Armenian: մանկապարտեզ (hy) ( mankapartez ) Azerbaijani: uşaq bağçası Bashkir: балалар баҡсаһы ( balalar baqsahı ) Belarusian: дзіця́чы сад m ( dzicjáčy sad ) Bengali: কিণ্ডারগার্টেন ( kinḍargarṭen ) Bulgarian: де́тска гради́на f ( détska gradína ) Burmese: သူငယ်တန်း (my) ( su-ngaitan: ) Catalan: llar d'infants (ca) f escola bressol (ca) f Chechen: берийн баьш ( beriı̇n bäš ) , берийн беш ( beriı̇n 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 ( ejkakšpiŕe ) 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 ) Javanese: ꦪꦺꦴꦒꦺꦴꦢꦾꦤ ( yogodyana ) 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 bakcası ) 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 (ms) , 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: کودَکِسْتان (fa) ( kudakestân ) Polish: przedszkole (pl) n dzieciniec (pl) m Portuguese: jardim de infância (pt) m parquinho m ( Brazil ) , infantário (pt) Punjabi: ਕਿੰਡਰਗਾਰਟਨ m ( kiṇḍragārṭan ) 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:Latin: vr̀tić m òbdanīšte (sh) n zàbavīšte (sh) n prèdškōla (sh) f Cyrillic: 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 ( boġča-yi bačagon ) , боғчаи бачагона ( boġča-yi 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: کِنْڈَرْگارْٹَن m ( kinḍargārṭan ) 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
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Malay
Etymology From English kindergarten German Kindergarten
Pronunciation
Noun kindergarten (less used , plural kindergarten-kindergarten
kindergarten ( educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6 )
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Spanish
Etymology Borrowed from German Kindergarten ( “ kindergarten ” ) .
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : /kindeɾˈɡaɾten/ [kĩn̪.d̪eɾˈɣ̞aɾ.t̪ẽn] Rhymes: -aɾten Syllabification: kin‧der‧gar‧ten
Noun kindergarten m plural kindergartens
kindergarten
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