French Vocabulary For Childcare, Kids, Children, Babies

Today, we’ll explore the French vocabulary used to talk to French kids, and essential French childcare vocabulary such as diaper, pacifier, stroller…

 

 

 
French Vocabulary For Childcare
 
Une couche – a diaper
Du talc – talc
Des lingettes – wipes
De la crème pour les fesses – anti-rash ointment (there ought to be a more scientific name, but this is what French moms would say 🙂
Une tétine, une sucette, une tototte (colloquial) = a pacifier
Sucer son pouce – to suck one’s thumb
Un matelas à langer – changing mat
Une poussette – a stroller
Un biberon – a baby bottle
Un bavoir – a bib
Un rot – a burp
Un renvoi (in “mom” talk, we say “un crachouillis”) – a wet burp
Un vomit – throw up
Allaiter – to nurse
Une garderie – daycare, childcare
Une garde d’enfant (une nounou is “mom” talk) – a nanny
Une aire de jeu – a playground