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Nurse



Table of contents
1 Etymology
2 noun
3 Translations
4 verb
5 Translations

Etymology

From a Latin root meaning "to nourish" or "feed", originally said of someone who was employed to "breast feed" another mother's child.

noun

  1. a person trained to provided care for the sick
    The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward
  2. a woman who takes care of other people's young
    They hired a nurse to care for their young boy

Translations

  • Dutch: verpleegster f, zoogmoeder f
  • Esperanto: kuracisto
  • French: infirmière f (1), infirmier m (1), nourrice f (2)
  • Indonesian: perawat, suster
  • Japanese: 看護師 (かんごし, kangoshi), 看護婦 (かんごふ, kangofu), 看護士 (かんごし, kangoshi), ナース (nāsu)
  • Polish: pielęgniarka f, siostra f
  • Spanish: enfermera f

verb

  1. to breast feed
    She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.
  2. to care for the sick
    She nursed him back to health
  3. to treat kindly and with extra care
    She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed

Translations

  • Dutch: verplegen, vertroetelen
  • Esperanto: kuraci (2), prizorgi (3)
  • French: allaiter (1), donner le sein (1), soigner (2) (3)
  • Indonesian: menyusui (1), merawat (2)
  • Polish: pielęgnować (2)



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