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Etymology [ edit ] Variant form of the archaic nourice Old French norrice Latin nutricius “ that nourishes ” ), from nutrix “ wet nurse ” ), from nutrire “ to suckle ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] nurse (plural nurses
( archaic ) A wet-nurse .A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
They hired a nurse to care for their young boy
A person trained to provide care for the sick.
The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
Burke
the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise
( nautical ) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.A larva of certain trematodes , which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction .
A nurse shark .
Usage notes [ edit ]
Some speakers consider nurses (medical workers) to be female by default, and thus use "male nurse" to refer to a man doing the same job.
Translations [ edit ]
person who takes care of other people's young
Armenian: դայակ dayak )
Bulgarian: бавачка (bg) f baváčka )
Chechen: дорийша dorīša )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保育員 保育员 (zh) (bǎoyùyuán )
Czech: chůva f kojná (cs) f
Danish: barneplejerske c nurse c
Dutch: zoogmoeder f min (nl) f voedster f
Esperanto: vartisto
Estonian: lapsehoidja
Finnish: lastenhoitaja
French: nourrice (fr) f
German: Kinderfrau f Kindermädchen (de) n
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 f hagja )
Greek: τροφός (el) f trofós ), παραμάνα (el) f paramána )
Hungarian: dada (hu) , dajka (hu)
Icelandic: barnfóstra (is) f fóstra (is) f
Irish: banaltra f
Italian: nutrice (it) f balia (it) f
Japanese: 保母 (ja) (ほぼ , hobo
Kalenjin: nas
Kamba: nasi
Kikuyu: nathi
Latvian: aukle (lv) f
Livonian: lapsvȱidaji
Luhya: omunasi
Luo: nas
Macedonian: дадилка (mk) f dádilka ), негувателка f neguvátelka )
Meru: nathi
Polish: opiekunka f
Portuguese: babá (pt) f ( Brazil )
Russian: няня (ru) f njánja ), кормилица (ru) f kormílica )
Scottish Gaelic: muime f banaltraim f màthair-altraim f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дадиља f неговатељица f
Roman: dadilja f negovateljica f
Spanish: niñera f
Swahili: muuguzi (sw)
Tagalog: yaya
Turkish: dadı (tr) , bakıcı (tr)
Vietnamese: bảo mẫu
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) ciladünan ( ♂ ) cilahidünan ( ♀ ) cilajidünan ( nursery ♂♀ ) cilikälan ( ♂ ) cilihikälan ( ♀ ) cilijikälan
person trained to provide care for the sick
Afrikaans: verpleegkundige ( female ) verpleegster ( male ) verpleër
Arabic: مُمَرِّض m mumarriḍ ), مُمَرِّضة f mumarriḍa )
Egyptian Arabic: ممرض m mumarriḍ ), ممرضة f mumarriḍa )
Armenian: բուժքույր bužkʿuyr ), քույր (hy) (kʿuyr )
Basque: erizain (eu)
Bulgarian: медицинска сестра f medicínska sestrá )
Burmese: သူနာပြုဆရာမ thunabyu.hsăyama. )
Catalan: infermer m
Chechen: дорийша dorīša )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 護士 护士 (zh) (hùshi ), 看護 (zh) , 看护 (zh) (kānhù )
Min Nan: 護士 hō͘-sū ), 看護 khan-hō͘ )
Czech: sestra (cs) f zdravotní sestra f ošetřovatel m ošetřovatelka f
Danish: sygeplejerske c
Dutch: verpleegster (nl) f
Esperanto: flegisto
Finnish: sairaanhoitaja (fi) , hoitaja (fi) , hoitajatar (fi) f sairaanhoitajatar (fi) f
French: infirmière (fr) f infirmier (fr) m
Galician: enfermeiro (gl) m enfermeira f
Georgian: მედდა medda )
German: Schwester (de) f Krankenschwester (de) f Pflegerin f Krankenpflegerin (de) f Pfleger (de) m Krankenpfleger (de) m
Greek: νοσοκόμα (el) f nosokóma ), νοσοκόμος (el) m nosokómos ), νοσηλεύτρια (el) f nosiléftria ), νοσηλευτής (el) m nosileftís )
Hindi: नर्स f nars )
Hungarian: ápoló (hu) m ápolónő (hu) f nővér (hu) f
Icelandic: hjúkrunarfræðingur (is) m ( female ) hjúkrunarkona f ( female, colloquial, vernacular ) hjúkka f
Ido: flegisto (io)
Indonesian: suster (id)
Irish: banaltra f ( female ) banaltra fir f ( male )
Italian: infermiere (it) m infermiera (it) f
Japanese: ( official ) 看護師 (ja) (かんごし, kangoshi ), ( male ) 看護士 (ja) (かんごし, kangoshi ), ( female ) 看護婦 (ja) (かんごふ, kangofu ), ( female ) ナース nāsu )
Jèrriais: nosse f
Korean: 간호원 (ko) (ganhowon ) (看護員 (ko) )
Macedonian: медицинска сестра f medicínska séstra ), медицински брат m medicínski brat )
Malay: jururawat
Maltese: infermier m infermiera f ners m , f
Navajo: azeeʼ neiikaahí
Norwegian: sykepleier (no) m sykesøster f søster (no) f pleier (no) m pleierske m
Persian: پرستار (fa) (parastâr )
Polish: pielęgniarka (pl) f siostra (pl) f
Portuguese: enfermeira (pt) f enfermeiro (pt) m
Russian: медсестра (ru) f medsestrá ), сиделка (ru) f sidélka ), ( male nurse ) фельдшер (ru) m félʹdšer ), ( male nurse ) медбрат (ru) m medbrát )
Scottish Gaelic: bean-eiridinn f bean-eiridnidh f neach-eiridinn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: болничар m болничарка f
Roman: bolničar m bolničarka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: chórobna sotša f wótwardowaŕ chórych m
Spanish: enfermera f enfermero (es) m
Swahili: muuguzi (sw)
Swedish: sjuksköterska (sv) c
Tagalog: nars
Turkish: hemşire (tr)
Urdu: نرس f nars )
Uyghur: سېسترا sëstra )
Vietnamese: y tá (vi)
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) kälan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hikälan ( ♀ ) jikälan (vo)
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nurse (third-person singular simple present nurses present participle nursing simple past and past participle nursed
to breast feed
She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy .
to care for the sick
She nursed him back to health.
to treat kindly and with extra care
She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
to drink slowly
to foster, to nourish
to hold closely to one's chest
Would you like to nurse the puppy?
to strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots
1866 , United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Supplemental report of the Joint Committee
It is to our interest to let Lee and Johnston come together, just as a billiard-player would nurse the balls when he has them in a nice place.
Usage notes [ edit ] In sense “to drink slowly”, generally negative and particularly used for someone at a bar, suggesting they either cannot afford to buy another drink or are too miserly to do so. By contrast, sip
Synonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
to treat kindly and with extra care
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