nosocomial
French, adjective/nɔ.zɔ.kɔ.mjal/
nosocomial is spelled N-O-S-O-C-O-M-I-A-L (10 letters). Nosocomial is a French adjective meaning “hospital; nosocomial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à un hôpital, hospitalier”.
What does nosocomial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hospital; nosocomial
- 2
nosocomial (arising from hospital treatment)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à un hôpital, hospitalier. 2. Se dit d’une maladie infectieuse contractée dans un établissement de santé et affectant soit le malade du fait de son admission ou des soins qu’il a reçus, soit le personnel hospitalier du fait de son activité.
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 nosocomial
- nosocomiale feminine
- nosocomiaux masculine plural
- nosocomiales feminine plural
- nocosomial
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nosocomial?
- /nɔ.zɔ.kɔ.mjal/
- \nɔ.zɔ.kɔ.mjal\
- [n̪o.zo.ko.mjal̪]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nosocomial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.