lazaretto
A place reserved for people with infectious diseases to live on a long-term basisA place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
Meaning
3 senses(historical)A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
лазаре́тlazarét
hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
(also, figuratively, historical)A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
Lazarett
лазаре́тlazarét
лазаре́тlazarét
(broadly)A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto, from lazzaro (“leper”)Borrowed from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto, from lazzaro (“leper”) + -etto (diminutive or meliorative suffix). Lazzaro is derived from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), from Lazarus, from Ancient Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('el'azár, literally “God has helped”), from אֵל ('él, “God; a deity, god”) + עָזַר ('azár, “to assist, help”). Lazarus is a Biblical character mentioned in the parable of Jesus known as “The rich man and Lazarus” who is described as being a beggar covered in sores: see Luke 16:20–21. Doublet of lazar and lazaret.
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Forms
plural: lazarettos / lazarettoes / lazarettiSynonyms
5 synonyms- hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy):lazaretlazarettelazar housepesthouse
- a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship:glory hole
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular