Afrikaans klinies | ||
Albanian klinike | ||
Amharic ክሊኒካዊ | ||
Arabic مرضي | ||
Armenian կլինիկական | ||
Assamese ক্লিনিকেল | ||
Aymara clínico ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani klinik | ||
Bambara kɛnɛyaso la | ||
Basque klinikoa | ||
Belarusian клінічны | ||
Bengali ক্লিনিকাল | ||
Bhojpuri क्लिनिकल के बा | ||
Bosnian klinički | ||
Bulgarian клинична | ||
Catalan clínica | ||
Cebuano klinika | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 临床 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 臨床 | ||
Corsican clinica | ||
Croatian klinički | ||
Czech klinický | ||
Danish klinisk | ||
Dhivehi ކްލިނިކަލް އެވެ | ||
Dogri क्लिनिकल ऐ | ||
Dutch klinisch | ||
English clinical | ||
Esperanto klinika | ||
Estonian kliiniline | ||
Ewe atikewɔƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) klinikal | ||
Finnish kliininen | ||
French clinique | ||
Frisian klinysk | ||
Galician clínica | ||
Georgian კლინიკური | ||
German klinisch | ||
Greek κλινικός | ||
Guarani clínico rehegua | ||
Gujarati તબીબી | ||
Haitian Creole klinik | ||
Hausa na asibiti | ||
Hawaiian kālaikaʻi | ||
Hebrew קליני | ||
Hindi क्लीनिकल | ||
Hmong soj ntsuam | ||
Hungarian klinikai | ||
Icelandic klínískt | ||
Igbo adakarị | ||
Ilocano klinikal nga | ||
Indonesian klinis | ||
Irish cliniciúil | ||
Italian clinico | ||
Japanese 臨床 | ||
Javanese klinis | ||
Kannada ಕ್ಲಿನಿಕಲ್ | ||
Kazakh клиникалық | ||
Khmer គ្លីនិក | ||
Kinyarwanda ivuriro | ||
Konkani क्लिनीक अशें म्हण्टात | ||
Korean 객관적인 | ||
Krio klinik | ||
Kurdish nexweşxaneyî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کلینیکی | ||
Kyrgyz клиникалык | ||
Lao ທາງດ້ານການຊ່ວຍ | ||
Latin orci | ||
Latvian klīniskā | ||
Lingala ya kliniki | ||
Lithuanian klinikiniai | ||
Luganda eby’obujjanjabi | ||
Luxembourgish klinesch | ||
Macedonian клинички | ||
Maithili नैदानिक | ||
Malagasy pitsaboana | ||
Malay klinikal | ||
Malayalam ക്ലിനിക്കൽ | ||
Maltese kliniku | ||
Maori haumanu | ||
Marathi क्लिनिकल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀ꯭ꯂꯤꯅꯤꯀꯦꯜ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ ꯌꯥꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo clinical lam a ni | ||
Mongolian эмнэлзүйн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လက်တွေ့ | ||
Nepali क्लिनिकल | ||
Norwegian klinisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuchipatala | ||
Odia (Oriya) କ୍ଲିନିକାଲ୍ | ||
Oromo kilinikaa | ||
Pashto کلینیکي | ||
Persian بالینی | ||
Polish kliniczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) clínico | ||
Punjabi ਕਲੀਨਿਕਲ | ||
Quechua clínico nisqa | ||
Romanian clinic | ||
Russian клинический | ||
Samoan falemaʻi | ||
Sanskrit नैदानिकः | ||
Scots Gaelic clionaigeach | ||
Sepedi ya kliniki | ||
Serbian клинички | ||
Sesotho tsa bongaka | ||
Shona kiriniki | ||
Sindhi ڪلينڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සායනික | ||
Slovak klinické | ||
Slovenian klinični | ||
Somali caafimaad | ||
Spanish clínico | ||
Sundanese klinis | ||
Swahili kliniki | ||
Swedish klinisk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) klinikal | ||
Tajik клиникӣ | ||
Tamil மருத்துவ | ||
Tatar клиник | ||
Telugu క్లినికల్ | ||
Thai ทางคลินิก | ||
Tigrinya ክሊኒካዊ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga ya tliliniki | ||
Turkish klinik | ||
Turkmen kliniki | ||
Twi (Akan) ayaresabea | ||
Ukrainian клінічний | ||
Urdu طبی | ||
Uyghur كلىنىكىلىق | ||
Uzbek klinik | ||
Vietnamese lâm sàng | ||
Welsh clinigol | ||
Xhosa kwiklinikhi | ||
Yiddish קליניש | ||
Yoruba isẹgun | ||
Zulu imitholampilo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "klinies" can also refer to someone who is sickly or frail. |
| Albanian | The word "klinike" comes from the Greek word "κλινική", which means "pertaining to a bed". |
| Amharic | ክሊኒካዊ derives from the Greek word “κλινικός” meaning “bedside”. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word "مرضي" is also used to describe someone who is sick or ill. |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | Klinikoa, a word meaning "clinical" in Basque, likely originated in ancient Greek, as the word "κλινικος" ("klinikos") means "pertaining to a bed". |
| Belarusian | This word comes from the Greek word "klinikos," which means "belonging to a bed," and is related to the word "kline," which means "bed." |
| Bengali | ক্লিনিকাল শব্দটি গ্রীক शब्द 'κλίνη' থেকে এসেছে যার অর্থ 'যাত্রা বিছানা'। |
| Bosnian | The word "klinički" can also be used to describe a person's demeanor or behavior, often in a negative sense. |
| Bulgarian | The word "clinical" comes from the Greek "klinos", meaning "bed", referring to the observation of patients at the bedside. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "clínica" can also refer to a medical consultation or a private medical practice. |
| Cebuano | The word "klinika" is derived from the Ancient Greek word "klinikos", meaning "bedside". It originally referred to a place where patients were seen and treated, rather than a hospital or clinic. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "临床"本意为床边,后引申为疾病治疗的实践场所或方法。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 臨床一詞源自古希臘語 κλίνη(klínē),意指「床」或「病榻」 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "clinica" can also mean "hospital" or "ambulatory", not just "clinical". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'klinički' is derived from 'κλίνη' (klínē), the Ancient Greek word for 'bed'. |
| Czech | The word "klinický" is derived from the Greek word "κλινικός", meaning "bedside" or "pertaining to a sickbed". |
| Danish | Klinisk stammer fra græsk "klinē", der betyder "seng" og henviser til den traditionelle måde at undersøge patienter på ved deres sengekant. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "klinisch" can also mean "hygienic" or "sterile" in a medical context. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, the word "klinika" can also mean "hospital ward" |
| Estonian | The word "kliiniline" in Estonian originates from the Greek word "kline", meaning bed, relating to observations made on patients in bed |
| Finnish | "Kliininen" also means "free from sin" in Finnish. |
| French | Clinique is also a term used in France to denote a small private hospital, as opposed to a public one (hôpital) |
| Frisian | The word "klinysk" in Frisian can also mean "surgical", "medical", or "related to medicine". |
| Galician | In Galician, "clínica" also retains its original Greek meaning of "a bed" or "place to lie down". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "კლინიკური" (clinical) derives from the Greek word "κλίνη" (bed), referring to the practice of medicine at the bedside. |
| German | The word "klinisch" can also refer to the cleanliness or purity of a space or object. |
| Greek | The word "κλινικός" also means "pertaining to a bed" in Greek, as it derives from the word "κλίνη" (bed). |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "તબીબી" derives from the Persian word "tabībī", which means "medical". |
| Haitian Creole | This word is borrowed from French, where it can more broadly mean 'hospital' or 'ward' in addition to referring to a clinical setting. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "asibiti" is also used in other contexts, such as to describe something that is "serious" or "important". |
| Hawaiian | "Kālaikaʻi" in Hawaiian refers to something that is both clinical and spiritual, connecting the physical and metaphysical realms. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "קליני" (clinical) derives from the Greek word "κλινική" (klinikē), which in turn comes from "κλίνη" (klinē), meaning "bed". This is because ancient Greek physicians often taught and practiced medicine at the bedside of their patients. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "क्लीनिकल" can also mean "mechanical" or "pertaining to a machine". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "soj ntsuam" is also used to mean "traditional" or "customary" in a medical context. |
| Hungarian | The word "klinikai" in Hungarian derives from the Greek word "klinikos", meaning "pertaining to a bed or couch" and the suffix "-ai", indicating "related to". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "klínískt" ultimately derives from the Greek word "klinikos" meaning "pertaining to a bed", and is also used to refer to the "practical application of medicine". |
| Igbo | The word "adakarị" can also refer to a "hospital" or "clinic" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | Kata 'klinis' (clinical) dalam bahasa Indonesia berasal dari bahasa Yunani 'klinikos', yang berarti 'tempat tidur' atau 'kasur'. |
| Irish | "Cliniciúil" (clinical) derives from the Latin "clinicus," meaning "pertaining to the sickbed". |
| Italian | Clinico is an archaic term meaning sickly, ill, or unhealthy. |
| Japanese | The word "臨床" (clinical) is also used in Japanese to describe a "bedside," or an examination or treatment given by a doctor at a patient's bedside. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "klinis" can also mean "neat" or "orderly". |
| Khmer | “Clinic”, in Khmer, is a loan word from the Greek “klinikos” which meant “of a bed” and, by extension, a medical meeting held by the bedside. |
| Korean | 객관적인 also means “objective” in English. |
| Kurdish | The word "nexweşxaneyî" in Kurdish has roots in the Persian compound "بیمارخانه" (bimar-khaneh), meaning "place of the sick"} |
| Latin | The word "orci" can also refer to a type of marine mammal, the orca. |
| Latvian | The word "klīniskā" is derived from the Greek word "klinikos", meaning "belonging to a bed" or "pertaining to a sick person". |
| Lithuanian | The word "klinikiniai" has Greek roots and refers to activities related to treating patients in hospitals or clinics. |
| Macedonian | The word "клинички" can also refer to a hospital department or a medical record. |
| Malagasy | "Pitsaboana" is a Malagasy word that also means "hospital" or "clinic". |
| Malay | The Malay word "klinikal" comes from the Greek word "klinikos," meaning "pertaining to a bed". |
| Malayalam | The word 'ക്ലിനിക്കൽ' is derived from the Greek word 'κλίνη', meaning 'bed' or 'couch'. |
| Maltese | "Kliniku" comes from the Ancient Greek word "κλινή" (klinē), which means "bed" or "couch", and refers to the practice of examining patients in bed. |
| Maori | Haumanu originates from an older word, hau, which means 'a party of people'. |
| Marathi | The word 'क्लिनिकल' comes from the Greek word 'κλινικός' (klinikos), meaning 'of a bed'. In Marathi, this word is used to describe something that is related to a hospital or medical care. |
| Nepali | The word "clinical" is derived from the Greek word "κλινική" (klinikē), which means "pertaining to a bed". |
| Norwegian | Klinisk in Norwegian also means 'musical' and is related to the word 'klang' (sound). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kuchipatala" in Nyanja (Chichewa) can also mean "to go to the hospital." |
| Pashto | In this context, “клинический” means “experimental” and has no relation to medicine. |
| Persian | The word "بالینی" can also mean "related to the bedside," highlighting the patient-centered nature of the medical field. |
| Polish | The word "kliniczny" in Polish can also mean "hospital-related" or "pertaining to a clinic". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "clínico" in Portuguese can also mean "medical" or "physician". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਲੀਨਿਕਲ" ("clinical") comes from the Greek word "κλίνη" (kline), meaning "bed," and was originally used to refer to medical treatment given at the bedside. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "clinic" refers to a private healthcare facility, often specialising in a particular area of medicine. |
| Russian | The Russian adjective "клинический" (clinical) can also mean "extremely negative, catastrophic, or absurd". |
| Samoan | The word "falemaʻi" in Samoan also means "hospital" or "clinic". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "clionaigeach" in Scots Gaelic also refers to a person who is fastidious or meticulous in their work. |
| Serbian | 'Clinical' in Serbian can also refer to medical records |
| Shona | The Shona word "kiriniki" also means "scientific" or "technical" |
| Sindhi | The word "ڪلينڪ" also means "health center" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word සායනික has a double meaning in Sinhala, and it also refers to 'fever'. |
| Slovak | The word "klinické" in Slovak also refers to a part of a hospital where patients receive treatment, similar to an infirmary or ward. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word 'klinični' can also refer to the use of a medical bed or the medical care provided to a patient in a clinic or hospital setting. |
| Somali | The Somali word "caafimaad" not only means "clinical", but also encompasses the broader concept of wellness and health. |
| Spanish | Derived from Greek klinikos (κλινικός) meaning "bedside", from kline (κλίνη) "bed". |
| Sundanese | Klinis also means 'clear' in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | "Kliniki" in Swahili can also mean "hospital" or "dispensary." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "klinisk" derives from the Greek "klinikos," meaning "bedside" or "pertaining to a bed," reflecting its original association with patient care and medical practice. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "klinikal" in Tagalog (Filipino) is derived from the Ancient Greek word "klinikos," meaning "of the bed," and initially referred to those with sicknesses that confined them to bed. |
| Tajik | "Клиникӣ" (clinical) derives from the Greek "κλινική" (klinikē), meaning "pertaining to a bed" or "of a sickbed". |
| Tamil | "மருத்துவ" is the name of a 12th century Tamil medical treatise, written by a physician named Agathiyar. |
| Telugu | The word "క్లినికల్" is derived from the Greek word "κλίνη" (kline), meaning "bed" or "couch", and refers to the practice of medicine at the bedside of a patient. |
| Thai | In the field of medicine, the word "clinical" refers to actual patient care, as opposed to theoretical knowledge or laboratory research. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "klinik" also means "university hospital" or "teaching hospital". |
| Ukrainian | The word "клінічний" derives from the Greek word "κλίνη" (bed) and originally referred to the bedside care of patients. |
| Urdu | The word "طبی" in Urdu has an alternate meaning: "physical". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "klinik" derives from the French "clinique" and the Latin "clinicus," but also bears the meaning of "ambulatory ward" in medical terminology. |
| Vietnamese | The term lâm sàng ultimately derives from the ancient Greek word 'κλίνη'/'klínī', meaning bed and couch |
| Welsh | The English word 'clinical' derives from the Greek, and the Welsh word 'clinigol' has the more specific meaning of 'medical'. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, 'kwiklinikhi' may refer to someone who is unwell, and can also be used to describe an ailment. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קליניש" can also mean "crazy" or "ridiculous". |
| Yoruba | The word "isẹgun" in Yoruba is derived from the words "iṣẹ" (work) and "ogun" (medicine), implying that clinical practice involves the application of medical knowledge and techniques. |
| Zulu | The word "imitholampilo" is derived from the Zulu word "imithi" meaning "medicines" and "lampilo" meaning "knowledge". |
| English | The word "clinical" is derived from the Greek word "κλίνη" (kline), meaning "bed" or "couch", and refers to the practice of medicine at the bedside. |