Meanings
plural nursing homes
- A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.
Synonyms: care home, carehouse, old-age home, old folks' home, old people's home, rest home, senior citizens' home
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.
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Translations
Ancient Greek γεροντοκομεῖον
- γεροντοκομεῖον (gerontokomeîon)place of residence
Chinese Mandarin 療養院 /疗养院, 養老院 /养老院
- 療養院 /疗养院 (liáoyǎngyuàn)place of residence
- 養老院 /养老院 (yǎnglǎoyuàn)place of residence
- 敬老院 (jìnglǎoyuàn)place of residence
Dutch verpleeghuis, verzorgingshuis
- verpleeghuisplace of residence
- verzorgingshuisplace of residence
- verzorgingstehuisplace of residence
Esperanto maljunulejo
- maljunulejoplace of residence
Finnish hoitokoti
- hoitokotiplace of residence
French maison de repos
- maison de reposplace of residence
German Pflegeheim
- Pflegeheimplace of residence
Greek γηροκομείο, οίκος ευγηρίας
- γηροκομείο (girokomeío)place of residence
- οίκος ευγηρίας (oíkos evgirías)place of residence
Hindi वृद्धाश्रम
- वृद्धाश्रम (vŕddhāśram)place of residence
Hungarian idősek otthona
- idősek otthonaplace of residence
Icelandic hjúkrunarheimili
- hjúkrunarheimiliplace of residence
Irish teach altranais
- teach altranaisplace of residence
Italian casa di riposo
- casa di riposoplace of residence
Japanese 老人ホーム, 養護ホーム
- 老人ホーム (rōjin hōmu)place of residence
- 養護ホーム (yōgo hōmu)place of residence
Korean 요양원
- 요양원 (yoyang'won)place of residence
Māori whare mātāpuputu
- whare mātāpuputuplace of residence
Polish dom pomocy społecznej, dom spokojnej starości
- dom pomocy społecznejplace of residence
- dom spokojnej starościplace of residence
- dom pogodnej jesieniplace of residence
- dom starcówplace of residence
Portuguese asilo, casa de repouso
- asiloplace of residence
- casa de repousoplace of residence
Russian дом престаре́лых, ча́стная лече́бница
- дом престаре́лых (dom prestarélyx)place of residence
- ча́стная лече́бница (částnaja lečébnica)place of residence
Scottish Gaelic taigh-altraim
- taigh-altraimplace of residence
Spanish asilo, cotolengo
- asiloplace of residence
- cotolengoplace of residence
Swedish ålderdomshem, äldreboende
- ålderdomshemplace of residence
- äldreboendeplace of residence
- åldringshemplace of residence
- vårdhemplace of residence
Welsh cartref nyrsio
- cartref nyrsioplace of residence
Cite this entry
nursing home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursing%20home
“nursing home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursing%20home. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nursing home,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursing%20home.
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