nursery rhyme

English

From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom.

nursery rhyme (plural nursery rhymes)

short poem or song for children

Chinese:
Mandarin: 兒歌／儿歌 (zh) (érgē), 童謠／童谣 (zh) (tóngyáo)
Czech: říkanka (cs) f
Dutch: wiegelied (nl) n, bakerrijm (nl) n
Finnish: lastenloru, loru (fi) (poem); lastenlaulu (song)
French: comptine (fr) f, chanson enfantine f
German: Kinderreim m
Greek: δίστιχο (el) (dísticho)
Hungarian: mondóka (hu)
Icelandic: barnagæla (is)
Japanese: 童謡 (ja) (どうよう, dōyō), 童歌 (ja) (わらべうた, warabeuta)
Macedonian: де́тска пе́сничка f (détska pésnička), зала́галка f (zalágalka)
Norwegian: barneregle m or f
Bokmål: barnerim n

Nynorsk: barnerim n
Portuguese: cantiga de roda f
Russian: де́тский стишо́к m (détskij stišók), де́тская пе́сенка f (détskaja pésenka), прибау́тка (ru) f (pribaútka)
Swedish: barnramsa c (when not a song), barnvisa (sv) c (when a song)
Turkish: tekerleme (tr)

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