kliniek

Dutch

Etymology

From French clinique, from Late Latin clinicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλινικός (klinikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλίνη (klínē, “bed”), from κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kliˈnik/

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• Hyphenation: kli‧niek
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

kliniek f (plural klinieken, diminutive kliniekje n)

1. a clinic, type of hospital or other medical facility for outpatient treatment

Derived terms

• afkickkliniek
• dierenkliniek
• huisartsenkliniek

Descendants

• → Indonesian: klinik

See also

• gasthuis
• hospitaal
• ziekenhuis