Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
nursery rhyme. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
nursery rhyme, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
nursery rhyme in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
nursery rhyme you have here. The definition of the word
nursery rhyme will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
nursery rhyme, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom.
Noun
nursery rhyme (plural nursery rhymes)
- A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore
Translations
short poem or song for children
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 兒歌/儿歌 (zh) (érgē), 童謠/童谣 (zh) (tóngyáo)
- Czech: říkanka (cs) f
- Dutch: wiegelied (nl) n, bakerrijm (nl) n
- Finnish: lastenloru, loru (fi) (poem); lastenlaulu (song)
- French: comptine (fr) f, chanson enfantine f
- German: Kinderreim m
- Greek: δίστιχο (el) (dísticho)
- Hungarian: mondóka (hu)
- Icelandic: barnagæla (is)
- Japanese: 童謡 (ja) (どうよう, dōyō), 童歌 (ja) (わらべうた, warabeuta)
- Macedonian: де́тска пе́сничка f (détska pésnička), зала́галка f (zalágalka)
- Norwegian: barneregle m or f
- Bokmål: barnerim n
- Nynorsk: barnerim n
- Portuguese: cantiga de roda f
- Russian: де́тский стишо́к m (détskij stišók), де́тская пе́сенка f (détskaja pésenka), прибау́тка (ru) f (pribaútka)
- Swedish: barnramsa c (when not a song), barnvisa (sv) c (when a song)
- Turkish: tekerleme (tr)
|