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infirmerie

infirmary

noun an-feer-muh-REE Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Also means

sick bay

Usage Note

Infirmerie refers to a small medical room in a school, barracks, prison, or workplace — not a full hospital. The person who runs it is the infirmier (m) / infirmière (f) ('nurse'). In French schools it is a familiar word for students: aller à l'infirmerie ('to go to the nurse's office') is a rite of passage.

Examples

"L'élève est allé à l'infirmerie après sa chute."

Natural Translation

The student went to the infirmary after his fall.

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