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infirmier

French, noun/ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/

infirmier is spelled I-N-F-I-R-M-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infirmier is a French masculine noun meaning “nurse (medical professional)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui soigne et sert les malades dans une infirmerie, dans un hôpital, dans une ambulance”.

What does infirmier mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenurse (medical professional)

adjective

  1. 1

    nurse, nursing

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Celui qui soigne et sert les malades dans une infirmerie, dans un hôpital, dans une ambulance.

adjective: 1. Qui concerne les infirmiers.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of infirmier

  • infirmiers plural
  • infirmière feminine
  • infirmières feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce infirmier?

  • /ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje/
  • \ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje\
  • [ɛ̃.fiʁ.mje]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to infirmier

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is infirmier in French?

infirmier appears 3.9 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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