infirmary

English

An infirmary in an American high school.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin infirmaria, from Latin infirmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɝməɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

infirmary (plural infirmaries)

1. A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
   • 2015, Minister for Home Affairs, “Regulation 7”, in Prevention of Terrorism (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 August 2023, page 92:

     There shall be provided an infirmary or a place for the treatment of sick detained person in every place of detention.

2. A clinic or dispensary within another institution.

Translations

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

• Arabic: مُسْتَشْفًى (ar) m (mustašfan), مَشْفًى (ar) m (mašfan)
• Basque: erizaindegi
• Belarusian: лазарэ́т m (lazarét), медпу́нкт m (mjedpúnkt) (e.g. at school, factory), санча́сць f (sančáscʹ) (especially military)
• Bulgarian: лазаре́т (bg) m (lazarét)
• Catalan: infermeria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫院／医院 (zh) (yīyuàn), 保健室 (zh) (bǎojiànshì)

• Corsican: infirmaria (co) f
• Czech: špitál (cs) m, lazaret (cs) m
• Esperanto: malsanulejo
• Estonian: laatsaret, arstituba, kliinik sg, kliinikud pl
• Finnish: sairastupa
• French: infirmerie (fr) f
• Galician: enfermaría (gl) f (archaic)
• German: Krankenhaus (de) n, Krankenstation (de) f, Ambulanz (de) f
• Greek:

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

• Indonesian: ruang kesehatan
• Italian: infermeria (it) f
• Japanese: 病院 (ja) (びょういん, byōin)
• Korean: 병원(病院) (ko) (byeong'won)
• Latin: valētūdinārium (la) n
• Macedonian: ла́зарет m (lázaret)
• Polish: infirmeria (pl) f, izba chorych f
• Portuguese: enfermaria (pt) f
• Russian: лазаре́т (ru) m (lazarét), (e.g. at school, factory) медпу́нкт (ru) m (medpúnkt), (especially military) санча́сть (ru) f (sančástʹ)
• Sicilian: nfirmarìa (scn) f
• Spanish: enfermería (es) f
• Swedish: sjukstuga c
• Ukrainian: лазаре́т (uk) m (lazarét), медпу́нкт m (medpúnkt) (e.g. at school, factory), санчасти́на f (sančastýna) (especially military)

clinic or dispensary within another institution

• Bulgarian: кли́ника f (klínika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫務室／医务室 (zh) (yīwùshì)

• Czech: ošetřovna (cs) f
• Estonian: kliinik, kliinikud pl
• Finnish: sairastupa
• French: infirmerie (fr) f
• Galician: enfermaría (gl) f
• German: Krankenstation (de) f
• Greek: θεραπευτήριο (el) n (therapeftírio)
• Hungarian: orvosi szoba
• Japanese: 保健室 (ja) (ほけんしつ, hokenshitsu)
• Macedonian: кли́ника f (klínika), диспанзе́р m (dispanzér)
• Polish: ambulatorium (pl) n
• Russian: лазаре́т (ru) m (lazarét), кли́ника (ru) f (klínika), диспансе́р (ru) m (dispansɛ́r) (dispensary)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: sjukavdelning c
• Turkish: revir (tr)

See also

• sick bay