Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clinic

/ˈklɪn.ɪk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
cli-nic
IPA
/ˈklɪn.ɪk/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

noun

A school, or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by examining and treating patients in the presence of the pupils.

Obsolete

noun

A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.

noun

A bed-ridden person

Obsolete

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic Borrowed from French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: clīnicus, κλῑνικός

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈklɪn.ɪk/
  • British English: /ˈklɪn.ɪk/

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Questions

How do you pronounce clinic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈklɪn.ɪk/.
What does clinic mean?
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
Where does clinic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce clinic

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