hospital

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
3. (obsolete) A place of lodging.

Adj

Hospitable.

Concepts

hôpital

hospitalier

clinique

hosto

centre hospitalier

dispensaire

militaire

infirmerie

nosocome

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).

Phrases

The ambulance drove quickly to the hospital .

L'ambulance a conduit rapidement à l'hôpital.