Meanings
nounfield hospital (plural field hospitals)
plural field hospitals
- A large mobile medical unit that temporarily takes care of casualties before they can be safely transported to more permanent hospital facilities.
Translations
Arabic مستشفى ميداني
- مستشفى ميدانيmedical unit
Bulgarian лазарет
- лазарет (lazaret)medical unit
Catalan hospital de campanya
- hospital de campanyamedical unit
Chinese Mandarin 野戰醫院 /野战医院, 野外醫院 /野外医院
- 野戰醫院 /野战医院 (yězhàn yīyuàn)medical unit
- 野外醫院 /野外医院medical unit
Czech polní nemocnice
- polní nemocnicemedical unit
Dutch veldhospitaal
- veldhospitaalmedical unit
Finnish kenttäsairaala
- kenttäsairaalamedical unit
French hôpital de campagne
- hôpital de campagnemedical unit
German Feldlazarett
- Feldlazarettmedical unit
Hebrew בית חולים שדה
- בית חולים שדה (bet kholím sadé)medical unit
Hungarian tábori kórház
- tábori kórházmedical unit
Indonesian rumah sakit lapangan
- rumah sakit lapanganmedical unit
Irish ospidéal machaire
- ospidéal machairemedical unit
Italian ospedale da campo
- ospedale da campomedical unit
Japanese 野外病院
- 野外病院 (yagai byōin)medical unit
Korean 야전병원
- 야전병원 (yajeonbyeong'won)medical unit
Norwegian lasarett
- lasarettmedical unit
Persian بیمارستان صحرایی
- بیمارستان صحرایی (bimârestân-e sahrâyi)medical unit
Polish szpital polowy
- szpital polowymedical unit
Portuguese hospital de campo, hospital de campanha
- hospital de campomedical unit
- hospital de campanhamedical unit
Romanian spital de campanie
- spital de campaniemedical unit
Russian полево́й го́спиталь, полевой подвижный госпиталь
- полево́й го́спиталь (polevój góspitalʹ)medical unit
- полевой подвижный госпиталь (polevoj podvižnyj gospitalʹ)medical unit
Slovak poľná nemocnica
- poľná nemocnicamedical unit
Spanish hospital de campaña
- hospital de campañamedical unit
Swedish fältsjukhus
- fältsjukhusmedical unit
Thai โรงพยาบาลสนาม
- โรงพยาบาลสนามmedical unit
Turkish sahra hastanesi
- sahra hastanesimedical unit
Ukrainian польови́й шпита́ль
- польови́й шпита́ль (polʹovýj špytálʹ)medical unit
Vietnamese bệnh viện dã chiến
- bệnh viện dã chiếnmedical unit
Cite this entry
APA
field hospital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20hospital
MLA
“field hospital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20hospital. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “field hospital,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20hospital.
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