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/ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/
Translation
nurse (male)
Word origin
From infirme ('infirm, disabled'), from Latin infirmus ('weak, not strong'), from in- ('not') and firmus ('firm, strong'). English 'infirmary' and 'firm' share the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- infirmus
- English cognates
- infirm, infirmary, firm
Grammar
Examples
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The nurse goes round the rooms at seven o'clock.
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My brother is a nurse in an accident and emergency department.
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Ask a nurse to check your blood pressure.
'affilée.
The night nurses work twelve hours at a stretch.
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He studied for three years to become a nurse.
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