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infirmary

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈfɝməɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A clinic or dispensary within another institution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a health facility where patients receive treatment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hospital

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical building, health facility, healthcare facility

Narrower terms: creche, foundling hospital, lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse, maternity hospital, mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum, military hospital, sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium

History

Etymology

From Medieval Latin infirmaria, from Latin infirmus.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Arabic: مَشْفًى (mašfan) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Basque: erizaindegi — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Belarusian: лазарэ́т (lazarét) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Belarusian: медпу́нкт (mjedpúnkt) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Belarusian: санча́сць (sančáscʹ) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Bulgarian: лазаре́т (lazarét) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Catalan: infermeria — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醫院 /医院 (yīyuàn) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保健室 (bǎojiànshì) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Corsican: infirmaria — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Czech: špitál — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Czech: lazaret — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Esperanto: malsanulejo — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Estonian: laatsaret — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Estonian: arstituba — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Estonian: kliinik — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Estonian: kliinikud — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Finnish: sairastupa — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • French: infirmerie — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Galician: enfermaría — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • German: Krankenhaus — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • German: Krankenstation — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • German: Ambulanz — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Ancient Greek: ὑγιαστήριον (hugiastḗrion) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Ancient Greek: νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Indonesian: ruang kesehatan — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Italian: infermeria — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Japanese: 病院 (byōin) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Korean: 병원 (byeong'won) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Latin: valētūdinārium — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Macedonian: ла́зарет (lázaret) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Polish: infirmeria — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Polish: izba chorych — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Portuguese: enfermaria — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Russian: лазаре́т (lazarét) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Russian: медпу́нкт (medpúnkt) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Russian: санча́сть (sančástʹ) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Sicilian: nfirmarìa — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Spanish: enfermería — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Swedish: sjukstuga — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Ukrainian: лазаре́т (lazarét) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Ukrainian: медпу́нкт (medpúnkt) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Ukrainian: санчасти́на (sančastýna) — place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital
  • Bulgarian: кли́ника (klínika) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醫務室 /医务室 (yīwùshì) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Czech: ošetřovna — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Estonian: kliinik — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Estonian: kliinikud — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Finnish: sairastupa — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • French: infirmerie — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Galician: enfermaría — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • German: Krankenstation — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Greek: θεραπευτήριο (therapeftírio) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Hungarian: orvosi szoba — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Japanese: 保健室 (hokenshitsu) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Macedonian: кли́ника (klínika) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Macedonian: диспанзе́р (dispanzér) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Polish: ambulatorium — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Russian: лазаре́т (lazarét) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Russian: кли́ника (klínika) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Russian: диспансе́р (dispansɛ́r) — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Swedish: sjukavdelning — clinic or dispensary within another institution
  • Turkish: revir — clinic or dispensary within another institution
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