lasarett — meaning in English

English meaning

• hospital noun A medical facility where sick or injured people receive treatment, often including surgery and overnight care.
• lazaretto noun A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.

Senses

lasarett is used for these senses in English:

• hospital A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

lazaretto — full definition

1. noun A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
2. noun A building, or sometimes a ship, used to keep ill people apart from others for a while so an infectious illness does not spread.
3. noun The area at the front of a merchant ship's tweendecks used to store provisions.

Related Swedish words