Phrase guide

military hospital

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A hospital for the care and treatment of sick and wounded military personnel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A hospital owned and operated by the armed forces.

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noun

Meaning 3

hospital for soldiers and other military personnel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: hospital, infirmary

Narrower terms: field hospital

History

Etymology

Piecewise doublet of military hotel.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: militêre hospitaal — hospital that caters to the military
  • Basque: ospitale militar — hospital that caters to the military
  • Catalan: hospital militar — hospital that caters to the military
  • Danish: militærsygehus — hospital that caters to the military
  • Danish: militærhospital — hospital that caters to the military
  • Dutch: militair ziekenhuis — hospital that caters to the military
  • Dutch: militair hospitaal — hospital that caters to the military
  • Finnish: sotasairaala — hospital that caters to the military
  • French: hôpital militaire — hospital that caters to the military
  • Galician: hospital militar — hospital that caters to the military
  • German: Militärkrankenhaus — hospital that caters to the military
  • Greek: στρατιωτικό νοσοκομείο (stratiotikó nosokomeío) — hospital that caters to the military
  • Italian: ospedale militare — hospital that caters to the military
  • Norwegian: militærsykehus — hospital that caters to the military
  • Polish: szpital wojskowy — hospital that caters to the military
  • Portuguese: hospital militar — hospital that caters to the military
  • Spanish: hospital militar — hospital that caters to the military
  • Swedish: militärsjukhus — hospital that caters to the military