puériculture

See also: puericulture

French

Etymology

From Latin puer (“child”) + culture; coined in 1863 by Alfred Caron by analogy with agriculture, apiculture, and the like.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɥe.ʁi.kyl.tyʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

puériculture f (plural puéricultures)

1. puericulture

Further reading

• “puériculture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• puériculteur