infirmary

English

An infirmary in an American high school.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin infirmaria, from Latin infirmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɝməɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

infirmary (plural infirmaries)

1. A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
2. A clinic or dispensary within another institution.

Translations

place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital

• Bulgarian: лазарет (bg) m (lazaret)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫院／医院 (zh) (yīyuàn), 医院 (zh) (yīyuàn)

• Czech: špitál (cs) m, lazaret (cs)
• Finnish: sairastupa
• French: infimerie f
• Galician: enfermaría (gl) f (archaic)
• German: Krankenhaus (de) n, Krankenstation (de) f, Ambulanz (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑγιαστήριον n (hugiastḗrion), νοσοκομεῖον n (nosokomeîon) (Koine)

• Indonesian: ruang kesehatan
• Japanese: 病院 (ja) (びょういん, byōin)
• Latin: valētūdinārium (la) n
• Russian: лазаре́т (ru) m (lazarét), (e.g. at school, factory) медпу́нкт (ru) m (medpúnkt), (especially military) санча́сть (ru) f (sančástʹ)
• Spanish: enfermería (es) f

clinic or dispensary within another institution

• Bulgarian: клиника f (klinika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫務室／医务室 (zh) (yīwùshì), 医务室 (zh) (yīwùshì)

• Czech: ošetřovna (cs) f
• Finnish: sairastupa
• French: infirmerie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: enfermaría (gl) f
• German: Krankenstation (de) f
• Greek: θεραπευτήριο (el) n (therapeftírio)
• Hungarian: orvosi szoba
• Japanese: 保健室 (ほけんしつ, hokenshitsu)
• Russian: лазаре́т (ru) m (lazarét)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• sick bay