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Hospital

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English

Noun

hospital

  1. 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.

Translations

  • Chinese: 医院 n (yīyuàn)
  • Danish: hospital
  • Dutch: ziekenhuis n, hospitaal n, gasthuis n
  • Finnish: sairalaa
  • French: hôpital m
  • German: Krankenhaus n
  • Greek: Νοσοκομείο (nosokomeio, nosokomio)
  • Italian: ospedale m
  • Japanese: 病院 (byōin)
  • Korean: 병원 (byeong-won or byeongwon)
  • Latin: nosocomium
  • Norwegian: sykehus
  • Polish: szpital m
  • Romanian: spital n
  • Spanish: hospital m
  • Swahili: hospitali

Related terms

  • hospitable
  • hospitality

Spanish

Noun

hospital m (plural: hospitales , diminutive: hospitalito )

  • hospital




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