hospital
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French hospital < Latin hospitālis (“‘hospitable’”) < hospes (“‘host, guest’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
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hospital (plural hospitals)
- A building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying. Usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients.
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building
[edit] Danish
[edit] Noun
hospital n. (singular definite hospitalet, plural indefinite hospitaler)
[edit] Synonyms
- sygehus n.
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of “hospital”
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | hospital | hospitalet | hospitaler | hospitalerne |
| genitive | hospitals | hospitalets | hospitalers | hospitalernes |
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
hospital m. (plural hospitales)
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[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
hospital n.
| Inflection for hospital | Singular | Plural | ||
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| neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | hospital | hospitalet | hospital | hospitalen |
| Possessive form | hospitals | hospitalets | hospitals | hospitalens |
- (archaic) (19th century) mental hospital