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Etymology
Variant form of nourice.

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/n��s/
(US) IPA|/n�ɻs/
audio|en-us-nurse.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)s

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic A wet-nurse.
2. A woman who takes care of other people�s young.

#: They hired a nurse to care for their young boy

1. A person trained to provide care for the sick.

#: The nurse made her rounds through the hospital ward

Translations
trans-top|woman who takes care of other people's young
Dutch: zoogmoeder f
Estonian: lapsehoidja
Finnish: lastenhoitaja
Greek: ��ο��� (trofos) f, �α�αμάνα (paramana) f
French: nourrice f
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German: Kinderfrau f, Kindermädchen n
Italian: nutrice f, balia f
Japanese: �� (��, hobo)
Livonian: lapsvȱidaji
Polish: opiekunka f
Portuguese (Brazil): babá f
Scottish Gaelic: muime f, banaltraim f, màthair-altraim f
Serbian: dadilja f, negovateljica f
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trans-top|person trained to provide care for the sick
Arabic: Arab|��رضة IPAchar|(mumáre�a) f
Chinese: �士 (hùshi)
Dutch: verpleegster f
Finnish: hoitaja, hoitajatar f, sairaanhoitajatar f, sairaanhoitaja
French: infirmière f, infirmier m
German: Krankenschwester f, Pfleger m, Krankenpfleger m
Greek: νο�οκ�μα (nosokoma) f, νο�οκ�μο� (nosokomos) m, νο�ηλε���ια (nosileftria) f, νο�ηλε��ή� (nosileftis) m
Hungarian: ápoló m, ápolón� f
Italian: infermiere m, infermiera f
Japanese: �護士 (����, kangoshi) (official), �護婦 (����, kangofu) (female), ��� (n�su) (female)
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Jèrriais: nosse f
Korean: ��� (�護�, ganhowon)
Maltese: infermier m, infermiera f, ners m and f
Norwegian: sykesøster f
Polish: piel�gniarka f, siostra f
Portuguese: enfermeira f
Russian: мед�е���а (medsestrá) f
Scottish Gaelic: bean-eiridinn f, bean-eiridnidh f, neach-eiridinn m
Serbian: bolni�ar m, bolni�arka f
Spanish: enfermera f
Swedish: sjuksköterska c
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: �士 (hù shì)
ttbc|Esperanto: kuracisto, flegist(in)o.
ttbc|German: Schwester f, Krankenschwester f Krankenpfleger m (male nurse)
ttbc|Greenlandic: pipaluk
ttbc|Indonesian: rawat, perawat, suster
ttbc|Irish: banaltra, altra
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ttbc|Slovak: sestra f, ošetrovateľ m, ošetrovateľka f
ttbc|Spanish: enfermera f
ttbc|Portuguese: enfermeira f
ttbc|Portuguese: enfermeiro m

Verb
to nurse

1. to breast feed

#:She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.

1. to care for the sick

#:She nursed him back to health

1. to treat kindly and with extra care

#:She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed

Translations
trans-top|to breast feed
Czech: kojit
Dutch: borstvoeden
Finnish: imettää
French: allaiter, donner le sein
German: stillen, dated: nähren
Greek: θηλάζ� (thilazo)
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Indonesian: susu|menyusui
Serbian: dojiti
Slovak: kojiť
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trans-top|to care for the sick
Dutch: verplegen
Esperanto: kuraci
Finnish: hoitaa
French: soigner
German: pflegen
Greek: νο�ηλε��, για��οκομ�, �ε�ιθάλ��
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Indonesian: rawat|merawat
Polish: piel�gnowa�
Serbian: negovati, pobrinuti, brinuti
Slovak: ošetrovať
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trans-top|to treat kindly and with extra care
Dutch: vertroetelen
Esperanto: prizorgi
Finnish: hoitaa, hoivata
French: soigner
German: hätscheln
Greek: �ε�ι�οιο�μαι, ��ον�ίζ�
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Polish: piel�gnowa�, opiekowa� si�
Serbian: nega, negovati
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Anagrams
runes

Derived terms
wet nurse, wet-nurse

See also
matron
sister

Category:Healthcare occupations
Category:Babies

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