hospital
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously…A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
» Is there a hospital near here?
Gibt es hier in der Nähe ein Krankenhaus?
Gibt es hier irgendwo ein Krankenhaus?
Поблизости есть больница?
Тут где-нибудь есть больница?
Тут поблизу є лікарня?
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.
Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.
Krankenhaus, Spital, Spital
больни́цаbolʹníca, го́спитальgóspitalʹ, кли́никаklínika
ліка́рняlikárnja, шпита́льšpytálʹ, го́спітальhóspitalʹ
a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
The foundling hospital took in abandoned children and educated them.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A place of lodging.
Examples
2696 sentencesIs there a hospital near here?
Тут поблизу є лікарня? — deniko
ruПоблизости есть больница? — marafon
deGibt es hier in der Nähe ein Krankenhaus? — Robroy
That white building is a hospital.
Та біла будівля — лікарня. — deniko
ruТо белое здание — больница. — sharptoothed
deJenes weiße Gebäude ist ein Krankenhaus. — Dejo
I went to the hospital yesterday.
Я вчора їздив до лікарні. — deniko
ruВчера я ходил в больницу. — Olya
deIch ging gestern ins Krankenhaus. — Espi
She will leave the hospital soon.
Вона скоро вийде з лікарні. — deniko
ruОна скоро выйдет из больницы. — marafon
deSie wird das Krankenhaus bald verlassen. — jakov
She went to the hospital yesterday.
Вона вчора пішла до лікарні. — deniko
ruОна вчера ездила в больницу. — marafon
deSie fuhr gestern ins Krankenhaus. — Wolf
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital),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”).
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Forms
plural: hospitalsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
48 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in the hospital
- to the hospital
- the hospital for
- at the hospital
- of the hospital
- in a hospital
- hospital for a
- a nearby hospital
- hospital for three
- hospital right away
- to a hospital
- nearest nearest hospital