metapelet
/mɛtəˈpɛlɪt/(also metapeleth, metapelot, metappelet)
noun
Chiefly in the State of Israel: a nanny, nurse, or other type of female caregiver.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Middle Eastern Affairs. From modern Hebrew mĕṭappeleṯ, feminine of mĕṭappēl nurse, lit. ‘a person who takes care’, use as noun of participle of post-biblical Hebrew ṭippēl to care for.
- scalene muscle
- scalenus
- scale of notation
- scale pan
- scaler
- scale something back/down (or up)
- scale worm
- Scalia, Antonin
- Scaliger, Joseph Justus
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar
- scaliness
- scaling ladder
- scallion
- scallop
- scalloper
- scallop shell
- scally
- scallywag
- scaloppine
- scalp
- scalpel
- scalper
- scalpless
- scalp lock
- scaly