crèche
/kɹɛʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.08 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A representation of the nativity scene.
noun
A hospital for orphaned infants; a foundling hospital.
noun
A group of young who stay together for protection.
Example Sentences
- "At last, all was complete. The creche at Greccio looked like a new Bethlehem. The baby Jesus would be placed in the manger at midnight Mass."
- "They drop their two-year-old off at the crèche in the morning before they go to work."
- "If you leave the kids in the creche for one morning on your week's holiday, and they are OK with that, then it's fine."
- "One road leads to desertion of the child in a convenient hallway; another to the creche of a foundling hospital; a third, to a boarding home, good or indifferent, for the child."
- "In line with this policy, a couple could adopt a Crèche foundling only if one or both of them were Roman Catholics."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gerbʰ-, *krippija, *kribbija, *kribjǭ
Usage
- British usage