nurse

infirmier, infirmière

Personne formée pour prendre soin des malades ou des blessés.

En anglais simple : A trained person who looks after people who are ill or injured.

• The nurse checked my temperature.
• Two nurses helped him into bed.
• Is there a nurse on duty tonight?

Expressions courantes : hospital nurse, school nurse, nurse on duty, qualified nurse

soignant, soignante

Personne qui s’occupe d’un malade ou d’un blessé, avec ou sans formation professionnelle.

En anglais simple : Someone who looks after an ill or injured person, whether trained or not.

• My sister was my nurse at home.
• He became his wife’s nurse during her illness.
• Our neighbor acted as nurse while I recovered from surgery.

Synonymes : carer, caregiver

Expressions courantes : act as nurse, someone’s nurse, devoted nurse

nourrice

Femme employée pour s’occuper des enfants d’une autre famille.

En anglais simple : A woman employed to look after another family’s children.

• The nurse put the children to bed.
• Their nurse took them out each morning.
• A wealthy family employed her as a nurse for their baby.

Synonymes : nanny, nursemaid

Expressions courantes : children’s nurse, family nurse, nurse and children

nourrice

Femme qui nourrit le bébé d’une autre personne avec le lait de ses propres seins.

En anglais simple : A woman who feeds another person’s baby with milk from her own breasts.

• The baby was fed by a wet nurse.
• They hired a nurse when the mother could not feed her child.
• The nurse fed both her own infant and the family’s baby.

Synonymes : wet nurse

Expressions courantes : wet nurse, hire a nurse

soigner

Prendre soin d’une personne ou d’un animal malade ou blessé.

En anglais simple : To look after someone or an animal that is ill or injured.

• She nursed her sick father.
• We nursed the injured bird back to health.
• He stayed home to nurse his wife through her illness.

Comment l'utiliser : nurse someone back to health (They nursed the injured dog back to health.); nurse someone through something (Her mother nursed her through a long illness.)

Synonymes : care for, look after, tend

Expressions courantes : nurse someone back, nurse a patient, nurse someone through something

ménager, soigner

Protéger et laisser reposer une partie du corps douloureuse ou blessée.

En anglais simple : To protect and rest a painful or injured part of your body.

• He is nursing a sore knee.
• She stayed home to nurse her injured ankle.
• Several players are still nursing injuries from the last match.

Expressions courantes : nurse an injury, nurse a sore ankle, nurse a bad back

allaiter

Nourrir un bébé avec le lait de ses seins.

En anglais simple : To feed a baby with milk from your breasts.

• She nurses her baby every morning.
• The mother sat down to nurse.
• How often does your newborn need to nurse?

Synonymes : breastfeed, suckle

Expressions courantes : nurse a baby, nurse your child, nurse at night

nourrir, entretenir

Garder un sentiment désagréable et y penser sans cesse au lieu de le laisser disparaître.

En anglais simple : To keep thinking about an unpleasant feeling instead of letting it go.

• He still nurses a grudge.
• She nursed her resentment for years.
• They quietly nursed their anger after the unfair decision.

Synonymes : harbor, cherish

Expressions courantes : nurse a grudge, nurse resentment, nurse bitter feelings