Polyglot Dictionary

civière

/sivjɛʁ/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les civières

Meaning

  1. stretcher

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

brancard

brancard and civière are close synonyms for "stretcher," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Trage

Trage is the German word for the same thing — both mean "stretcher."

Spanish

camilla

camilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stretcher."

Portuguese

maca

maca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "stretcher."

Practice

1 What does civière mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les ambulanciers ont transporté le blessé sur une ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches civière?

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