kliniek
Dutch
Etymology
From French clinique, from Late Latin clinicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλινικός (klinikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλίνη (klínē, “bed”), from κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kliˈnik/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: kli‧niek
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
kliniek f (plural klinieken, diminutive kliniekje n)
- A clinic, type of hospital or other medical facility for outpatient treatment
Derived terms
- afkickkliniek
- dierenkliniek
- huisartsenkliniek
Descendants
- → Indonesian: klinik
See also
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