wet nurse

nourrice

Femme qui nourrit au sein le bébé d’une autre femme.

En anglais simple : A woman who feeds another woman’s baby with milk from her own breasts.

• They hired a wet nurse for the baby.
• The wet nurse fed the child during the night.
• Before safe baby formula, some families depended on a wet nurse.

Expressions courantes : a wet nurse, hire a wet nurse

nounou

Personne qui aide et protège quelqu’un plus que nécessaire.

En anglais simple : Someone who gives another person too much help and protection.

• I am not your wet nurse.
• The manager became a wet nurse to the new staff.
• He wants a partner, not a wet nurse to solve every problem.

Synonymes : babysitter

Expressions courantes : a wet nurse, your wet nurse

allaiter, materner

Allaiter le bébé d’une autre femme ou s’occuper de quelqu’un de façon excessive.

En anglais simple : To breastfeed another woman’s baby, or give someone too much care and help.

• She wet nursed her sister’s baby.
• A neighbour agreed to wet nurse the newborn.
• The supervisor refused to wet nurse adults who could work independently.

Comment l'utiliser : wet nurse someone (She was hired to wet nurse the infant.)

Synonymes : breastfeed, coddle

Expressions courantes : wet nurse babies, wet nurse someone