convalescent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənt/
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Etymology
From French convalescent, from Latin convalēscēn(t-)s, present participle of convalēscere (“to become strong or well”); see convalesce.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness; on the mend.
"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:So soon as Lady Anne was pronounced convalescent by the medical men, she insisted on discharging "that odious woman," the nurse,...
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 282:
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(not-comparable) of convalescence or convalescents
She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home.
Deriveds
convalescent plasma · convalescently · postconvalescent · convalescent serum
Translations (18)
uk який одужує (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · tr nekahet (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · mi tumahu (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · de Genesende betreffend (of convalescence or convalescents) · de de Genesung betreffend (of convalescence or convalescents) · de gesundend (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · gd ath-shlàinteach (of convalescence or convalescents) · de genesend (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · uk той хто одужує (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · gd ath-shlàinteach (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · bg възстановяващ се (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · ru поправля́ющийся (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · ru выздора́вливающий (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · fi toipilas- (of convalescence or convalescents) · fi toipuva (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · nl recuperen (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · bg оздравяващ (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness) · mi mātūtū (recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness)