nurse

Etymology 1
From, from , from , noun based on , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A person trained to provide care for the sick.
 * 2) A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young.
 * 3)  One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.
 * 4)  A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
 * 5)  A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
 * 6) A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
 * 7)  A wet nurse.
 * 1)  A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.
 * 2)  A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.
 * 3) A larva of certain trematodes, which produces cercariae by asexual reproduction.
 * 4)  A wet nurse.
 * 1)  A wet nurse.

Usage notes

 * Some speakers consider nurses (medical workers) to be female by default, and thus use "male nurse" to refer to a man doing the same job.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kinderoppasser
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: ня́ня, кармі́целька
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: barneplejerske, nurse
 * Dutch: zoogmoeder, ,
 * Esperanto: vartisto
 * Estonian: lapsehoidja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: neneira
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish: banaltra, buime
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kalenjin: nas
 * Kamba: nasi
 * Kikuyu: nathi
 * Korean:, ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: auklė
 * Livonian: lapsvȱidaji
 * Luhya: omunasi
 * Luo: nas
 * Macedonian:, негувателка
 * Meru: nathi
 * Middle English: norice
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: muime, banaltraim, màthair-altraim
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: да̀диља, неговатѐљица
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: yaya
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ня́ня, годува́льниця
 * Vietnamese: bảo mẫu (保母), bảo mỗ (褓姆)
 * Volapük: ciladünan,  cilahidünan,  cilajidünan,  cilikälan,  cilihikälan,  cilijikälan
 * Yiddish: ניאַניע


 * Afrikaans: verpleegkundige, ,
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مُمَرِّض, مُمَرِّضَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ممرض, مُمَرِّضَة
 * Gulf Arabic: سستر
 * Hijazi Arabic: مُمَرِّض, مُمَرِّضة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: tibb bacısı, pərəstar
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: медсястра́, сястра́
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: медици́нска сестра́
 * Burmese: သူနာပြုဆရာမ
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chechen: лорйиша
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 護士, 姑娘
 * Hokkien: 護士, 看護,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, , ošetřovatel,
 * Danish: sygeplejerske
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Erzya: сазор
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, , , medvend
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, enfermeira
 * Georgian: მედდა
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: νοσοκόμος
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Hunsrik: Krankeschwesder
 * Icelandic:, hjúkrunarkona,  hjúkka
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, , ners
 * Irish: banaltra, banaltra fir
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:,  ,  ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh: медбике, мейірбике, медбибі
 * Khmer: គិលានុបដ្ឋាយិកា, គិលានុបដ្ឋាក
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:, медайым
 * Lao:
 * Latin: infirmarius
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: seselė
 * Macedonian: медицинска сестра, медицински брат
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: infermier, infermiera, ners
 * Maori: nēhi, nāhi
 * Marathi: नर्स
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: асрагч эх
 * Navajo: azeeʼ neiikáhí
 * Norman: nosse
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, sykesøster, , , pleierske, sykepleierske
 * Nynorsk: sjukepleiar
 * Occitan: ,
 * Pashto: همشېره, نرسه,, ,
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bean-eiridinn, bean-eiridnidh, neach-eiridinn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бо́лнича̄р, бо́лнича̄рка, ме̏дицӣнска̄ сѐстра, ме̏дицӣнскӣ тѐхнича̄р
 * Roman:, , mȅdicīnskā sèstra, mȅdicīnskī tèhničār
 * Sicilian: nfirmera,nfirmeri
 * Slovak: zdravotná sestra,
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: chórobna sotša, wótwardowaŕ chórych
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: ҳамшираи тиббӣ, парастор, ҳамшира
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྨན་གཡོག
 * Tok Pisin: nes
 * Turkish:, tıp bacısı
 * Turkmen: şepagat uýasy
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: نَرْس
 * Uyghur: سېسترا
 * Uzbek:, sestra,
 * Vietnamese: (醫佐)
 * Volapük:,  hikälan,
 * Welsh: nyrs, nyrsiwr
 * Yakut: сиэстэрэ
 * Yiddish: קראַנקן־שוועסטער, שוועסטער, קראַנקן־ברודער, סאַניטאַר
 * Zhuang: husw, bouxganqbingh


 * Slovak:, ,

Verb

 * 1)  To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
 * She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy.
 * 1)  To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.
 * 2)  To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.
 * She nursed him back to health.
 * 1)  To treat kindly and with extra care.
 * She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed.
 * 1)  To manage with care and economy.
 * 2)  To drink slowly, to make it last.
 * Rob was nursing a small beer.
 * 1)  To foster, to nourish.
 * 2) To hold closely to one's chest
 * Would you like to nurse the puppy?
 * 1)  To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.
 * Would you like to nurse the puppy?
 * 1)  To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.

Usage notes
In sense “to drink slowly”, generally negative and particularly used for someone at a bar, suggesting they either cannot afford to buy another drink or are too miserly to do so. By contrast, is more neutral.

Synonyms

 * , see also Thesaurus:drink

Translations

 * Afrikaans: borsvoed
 * Arabic: أَرْضَعَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: رضع
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: ӗмӗрт
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: borstvoeden,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: latâ
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θηλάζω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: gefa a brjóst
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: cothaigh, tabhair brollach do, tabhair beathú cíche do
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , おっぱいをあげる
 * Latin: nutriō,
 * Latvian: zīdīt
 * Macedonian: дои
 * Maori: whāngote, whakangote
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: chuchi del
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: корми́ть гру́дью, корми́ть свои́м молоко́м
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: до̀јити
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: dojčiť
 * Spanish:, dar el pecho
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: грудне́ вигодо́вування
 * Yiddish: זייגן


 * Afrikaans: verpleeg
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, γιατροκομώ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: merawat
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: негува
 * Maori: tapuhi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: altraim
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: не̏говати, по̀бринути, бри̏нути
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: ošetrovať
 * Swahili: uguza
 * Tagalog:, alagaan, mangalaga


 * Afrikaans: vertroetel
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: негува
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: tratar bem
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: не̏га, не̏говати
 * Roman: ,
 * Swahili: uguza
 * Tagalog: alagaan, ingatan
 * Ukrainian: ня́ньчити


 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Hebrew:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto: nutri
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:

Etymology 2

 * earlier (16th century) nusse, nuse. Perhaps from, through metanalysis of "an huss" as "a nuss".

Noun

 * 1) A nurse shark or dogfish.