nanny (redirected from nannyish)

nan·ny also nan·nie  (nn)

n. pl. nan·nies

A children's nurse.

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[Alteration of nana.]

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nanny·ish adj.

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nanny

Noun

pl -nies

a woman whose job is looking after young children

Verb

[nannies, nannying, nannied]

1. to nurse or look after someone else's children

2. to be too protective towards (someone) [child's name for a nurse]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nanny - a woman who is the custodian of children nursemaid, nurse dry nurse - a nurse who cares for but does not suckle an infant keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?" mammy - an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. amah, wet nurse, wet-nurse, wetnurse - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	2.	nanny - female goat                           nanny-goat, she-goat udder, bag - mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) caprine animal, goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns

Translations

nanny [ˈnænɪ] n → niñera

nanny [ˈnænɪ] n → bonne f d'enfants

nanny [ˈnænɪ] n → Kindermädchen nt

nanny [ˈnænɪ] n → bambinaia

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nanny

n nanny [ˈnӕni]

a children's nurse. kindermeisie مُرَبِيَة أطْفال бавачка chůva barnepige das Kindermädchen νταντά niñera lapsehoidja, amm پرستار بچه lastenhoitaja nurse, nounou אוֹמֶנֶת, מְטַפֶּלֶת आया dadilja dada perawat anak barnfóstra bambinaia うば 유모 auklė auklīte pengasuh kinderjuffrouw barnepike niania ama няня pestúnka pestunja dadilja dadda, barnsköterska พี่เลี้ยงเด็ก dadı 保姆 няня دايہ người giữ trẻ 保姆

the nanny state

the welfare state as seen by its opponents. die ``nanny''-bestel دوْلَة الرَّفاه الإجْتِماعي социална държава sociální stát formynderstat der Wohltätigkeitsstaat το κράτος πρόνοιας (υποτιμητικά) estado de bienestar, (peyorativo) estado demasiado protector lapsehoidjariik حالت پرستار מְדִינַת רְווַחָה pokroviteljska država paternalista állam negara sejahtera lo stato assistenziale 過保護の福祉国家 rūpestinga valstybė labklājības valsts komen menghina, khabar angin paternalistische staat formynderstat; barnepikementalitet państwo opiekuńcze, społeczeństwo dobrobytu государство, которое слишком опекает своих граждан štát ako dobročinná ustanovizňa ``socialna'' država država sa socijalnim osiguranjem väl-färdssamhälle, förmyndarsamhälle สถานสงเคราะห์เด็ก refah devleti “福利國家” держава загального добробуту دشمن کي نظر ميں کمزور ملک hệ thống phúc lợi xã hội được nhìn nhận như kẻ đối địch “福利国家”