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preschool en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹiːskuːl/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English school English preschool From pre- + school.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.

Forms

Relateds

preschooler

Translations (26)

my မူလတန်းကြို (relating to years before primary school) · bg предучилищен (relating to years before primary school) · sv förskola (relating to years before primary school) · hy նախադպրոցական (relating to years before primary school) · es preescolar (relating to years before primary school) · ro preșcolar (relating to years before primary school) · el προσχολικός (relating to years before primary school) · fi koulua edeltävä (relating to years before primary school) · ca preescolar (relating to years before primary school) · it prescolare (relating to years before primary school) · id prasekolah (relating to years before primary school) · be дашко́льны (relating to years before primary school) · tr okul öncesi (relating to years before primary school) · my မူကြို (relating to years before primary school) · sk predškolský (relating to years before primary school) · tg томактабӣ (relating to years before primary school) · az məktəbəqədər (relating to years before primary school) · de vorschulisch (relating to years before primary school) · fr préscolaire (relating to years before primary school) · ru дошко́льный (relating to years before primary school) · ro preșcolară (relating to years before primary school) · pt pré-escolar (relating to years before primary school) · uk дошкі́льний (relating to years before primary school) · pl przedszkolny (relating to years before primary school) · cs předškolní (relating to years before primary school) · mk пре́дшколски (relating to years before primary school)

preschool en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹiːskuːl/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English school English preschool From pre- + school.

Meanings

1. A nursery school.
   • In a study published in late July in the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers looked at how 1,619 children in China were doing in terms of sleep. The children, ages 4, 5 and 6, were recruited from 11 preschools in the province of Guizhou, in the city of Zunyi, about 650 miles from Wuhan. 2020 August 17, Perri Klass, “How Children’s Sleep Habits Have Changed in the Pandemic”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2020, The Checkup:
   • What could you do with the transumer trend in your agency? What about a coffee cart where parents pick up their children from preschool or classes? 2015, Timothy S O'Connell, Brent Cuthbertson, Terilyn J. Goins, Leadership in Recreation and Leisure Services, →ISBN:
2. (Philippines) A school including nursery and kindergarten. It is succeeded by elementary school.

Forms

preschool en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹiːskuːl/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English school English preschool From pre- + school.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To provide nursery school education for.
2. (intransitive) To undergo nursery school education.

Forms