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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

criança em idade pré-escolar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɾiˈɐ̃sɐ ẽ iˈdadʒ pɾɛiʃkoˈlaʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Preschooler/ˈpriːˌskuː.lɚ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A criança em idade pré-escolar adora brincar no parque."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A child who is not yet old enough to attend kindergarten, typically between the ages of three and five.

    "The preschooler enjoyed playing with blocks during the art class."
  2. 2

    A child enrolled in a preschool program.

    "The preschooler learned to share toys with classmates."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix 'pre-' (from Latin 'prae-', meaning before) combined with 'school' (from Old English 'scōl', ultimately from Greek 'scholē') and the agent suffix '-er'. The term emerged in the 20th century to specifically designate children who have not yet reached the age of compulsory formal education.

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