nosocomio

See also: nosocómio and nosocômio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nosocomīum, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital”), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness”) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.zoˈkɔ.mjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmjo
• Hyphenation: no‧so‧cò‧mio

Noun

nosocomio m (plural nosocomi)

1. hospital

   Synonym: ospedale

Derived terms

• manicomio
• nosocomiale

Latin

Noun

nosocomīō

1. dative/ablative singular of nosocomīum

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin nosocomīum, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital”), from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness”) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nosoˈkomjo/ [no.soˈko.mjo]
• Rhymes: -omjo
• Syllabification: no‧so‧co‧mio

Noun

nosocomio m (plural nosocomios)

1. (Latin America) hospital

   Synonym: hospital

Derived terms

• manicomio
• nosocomial

 

Further reading

• “nosocomio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014