infirmary

Other forms of infirmary

plural

infirmaries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about infirmary

What does infirmary mean?

infirmary means "a health facility where patients receive treatment".

How many syllables are in infirmary?

infirmary has 4 syllables: in-fir-ma-ry. The stress falls on "fir". In IPA it is /ɪnˈfɝmɚi/.

What is another word for infirmary?

Close synonyms include hospital. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is infirmary a common word?

infirmary is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.