Phrase guide

emergency room

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Philippines, US

Topics: government, healthcare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ER

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ER

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hospital room

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: təcili yardım — hospital department
  • Azerbaijani: təcili yardım otağı — hospital department
  • Bulgarian: спешно отделение (spešno otdelenie) — hospital department
  • Catalan: sala d'urgències — hospital department
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏟᏍᏓ ᏗᎨᏥᎪᎵᏰᏗ (utlisda digetsigoliyedi) — hospital department
  • Chinese Cantonese: 急症室 — hospital department
  • Chinese Mandarin: 急診室 /急诊室 (jízhěnshì) — hospital department
  • Danish: skadestue — hospital department
  • Danish: akutmodtagelse — hospital department
  • Danish: modtageafdeling — hospital department
  • Dutch: spoedeisende hulp — hospital department
  • Faroese: skaðastova — hospital department
  • Finnish: ensiapupoliklinikka — hospital department
  • Finnish: päivystysosasto — hospital department
  • Finnish: päivystyspoliklinikka — hospital department
  • French: salle d'urgences — hospital department
  • French: salle des urgences — hospital department
  • Galician: sala de urxencias — hospital department
  • German: Notaufnahme — hospital department
  • German: Sanitätsraum — hospital department
  • German: Rettungsstelle — hospital department
  • Hebrew: מִיּוּן (miyyún) — hospital department
  • Hebrew: חֲדַר מִיּוּן (ẖadár miyyún) — hospital department
  • Hindi: आपातकालीन कक्ष (āpātkālīn kakṣ) — hospital department
  • Hungarian: sürgősségi osztály — hospital department
  • Hungarian: baleseti ambulancia — hospital department
  • Hungarian: baleseti osztály — hospital department
  • Hungarian: sürgősségi betegellátó osztály — hospital department
  • Hungarian: SBO — hospital department
  • Indonesian: instalasi gawat darurat — hospital department
  • Indonesian: unit gawat darurat — hospital department
  • Irish: Timpistí agus Éigeandáil — hospital department
  • Italian: pronto soccorso — hospital department
  • Japanese: 救急救命室 (kyūkyūkyūmeishitsu) — hospital department
  • Korean: 응급실 (eunggeupsil) — hospital department
  • Navajo: ąąh áʼálʼį́ bił hazʼą́ — hospital department
  • Navajo: nitsohodínídéelgo ąąh áʼálʼį́ — hospital department
  • Navajo: nitsohodínídéelgo bił hazʼáníjí — hospital department
  • Norwegian: legevakt — hospital department
  • Polish: izba przyjęć — hospital department
  • Polish: szpitalny oddział ratunkowy — hospital department
  • Polish: SOR — hospital department
  • Portuguese: pronto-socorro — hospital department
  • Romanian: sală de urgență — hospital department
  • Russian: отделе́ние э́кстренной медици́нской по́мощи (otdelénije ékstrennoj medicínskoj pómošči) — hospital department
  • Russian: неотло́жка (neotlóžka) — hospital department
  • Spanish: sala de emergencias — hospital department
  • Spanish: sala de urgencias — hospital department
  • Swedish: akutmottagning — hospital department
  • Turkish: acil servis — hospital department
  • Welsh: ward ddamweiniau — hospital department