infirmary
/ɪnˈfɝməɹi/
infirmary noun: a place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
Noun
infirmary (plural infirmaries)
- A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
- There shall be provided an infirmary or a place for the treatment of sick detained person in every place of detention.2015, Minister for Home Affairs, “Regulation 7”, in Prevention of Terrorism (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015^(https://web.archive.org/web/20230828050603/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/a...
- A clinic or dispensary within another institution.
infirmary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
infirmary in Hindi
- इन्फर्मरी
infirmary in Tamil
- நோயாளர் தங்குமிடம், மருத்துவமனை, சிகிச்சையகம், உள்ளிறுப்பு சிகிச்சையகம்
infirmary in Urdu
- چھوٹا شفا خانہ, مریض خانہ
infirmary in Bengali
- infirmary, hospital
- আতুরাশ্রম aturasrom
More languagesFewer languages
- infirmary in Kannada
- ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸಾಲಯ, ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆ, ರುಗ್ಣಾಲಯ, ಅಶಕ್ತ ಪೋಷಕ ಗೃಹ
- infirmary in Nepali
- इन्फर्मरी, इन्फर्मेरी
- infirmary in Arabic
- مُسْتَشْفًى mustašfan, مَشْفًى mašfan
- infirmary in Indonesian
- ruang kesehatan
Forms of infirmary
| plural | infirmaries |
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Origin of infirmary
From Medieval Latin infirmaria, from Latin infirmus.
Questions about infirmary
- What does infirmary mean?
- Infirmary means a place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
- What is infirmary in Hindi?
- Infirmary in Hindi is इन्फर्मरी. See Infirmary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is infirmary?
- Infirmary is a noun.
- How do you pronounce infirmary?
- Infirmary is pronounced /ɪnˈfɝməɹi/.
- What is the plural of infirmary?
- The plural of infirmary is infirmaries.
Words near infirmary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: infirmary (page history and authors); infirmary (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); infirmary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infirmary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আতুরাশ্রম (Bengali) (page history and authors); infirmary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infirmary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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