lasarett

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian lazzaretto, named after Santa Maria di Nazareth or Nazarethum, a maritime quarantine station on an island of the Ventian lagoon (modern name: Lazzaretto Vecchio), with influence of lazzaro (“leper”), 15th c. Cognate with English lazaretto.

Noun

lasarett n

1. A bigger type of hospital.

   Synonym: sjukhus (“hospital”)

Declension

Declension of lasarett
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lasarett	lasarettet	lasarett	lasaretten
Genitive	lasaretts	lasarettets	lasaretts	lasarettens

Derived terms

• lassis (colloquial, rare)

See also

• hospital (dated)
• spetal (obsolete)
• helgeandshus (obsolete)

Anagrams

• altarets