different between sanatorium vs sanatory

English

Alternative forms

• sanitarium (American)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæn??t??i?m/

Etymology

Haplology from Latin sanatus, past participle of s?n? (“to cure, to heal”), + Latin -torium. Alternatively, alteration of sanitarium influenced by words like curatorium and moratorium.

Noun

sanatorium (plural sanatoriums or sanatoria)

1. An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

An internationalism, ultimately or directly from English sanatorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?na??to?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: sa?na?to?ri?um

Noun

sanatorium n (plural sanatoria, diminutive sanatoriumpje n)

1. sanatorium

   Synonym: herstellingsoord

French

Etymology

From Latin s?n?tus, past participle of s?n? (“to cure, to heal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.na.t?.?j?m/

Noun

sanatorium m (plural sanatoriums)

1. sanatorium

See also

• aérium

Further reading

• “sanatorium” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sanatorium n (definite singular sanatoriet, indefinite plural sanatorier, definite plural sanatoria or sanatoriene)

1. sanatorium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sanatorium n (definite singular sanatoriet, indefinite plural sanatorium, definite plural sanatoria)

1. sanatorium

English

Etymology

From Latin s?n?t?rius. See sanable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sæn?t??i/, /?sæn?t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sæn??t??i/
• Homophone: sanitary (some accents)

Adjective

sanatory (comparative more sanatory, superlative most sanatory)

1. producing health; healing or curative
   • 1846, Thomas De Quincey, On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement

     Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc.

Synonyms

• sanative

Related terms

• sanatorium