creche
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɾɛ.ʃi/
creche is spelled C-R-E-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Creche is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “daycare centre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estabelecimento de asilo pedagógico para crianças de até dois anos de idade”.
What does creche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedaycare centre
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estabelecimento de asilo pedagógico para crianças de até dois anos de idade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of creche
- creches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce creche?
- Brazil /ˈkɾɛ.ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈkɾɛ.ʃɨ/
- Portugal /ˈkɾɛt.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to creche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is creche in Portuguese?
creche appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).