Polyglot Dictionary

infirmary

/ɪnˈfɜːrməri/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
infirmaries

Meaning

  1. enfermería

    • The injured student was taken to the infirmary.

      Al estudiante herido lo llevaron a la enfermería.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

hospital

Worth distinguishing: "infirmary" is a smaller, simpler medical facility; "hospital" is the general, larger word.

Similar in other languages

German

Hospital

Close — a (dated) hospital relates to an infirmary.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa infirmary?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The injured student was taken to the ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a infirmary?

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