a-klinikk
See also: A-klinikk
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- A-klinikk
Etymology
a + klinikk, first part is short for alkoholiker (“alcoholic”). Last part from German Klinik, from Late Latin clinicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλινικός (klinikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλίνη (klínē, “bed”), from κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑː.klɪnɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪk
- Hyphenation: a-‧kli‧nikk
- Homophone: A-klinikk
Noun
a-klinikk m (definite singular a-klinikken, indefinite plural a-klinikker, definite plural a-klinikkene)
- a place of treatment for people with severe alcohol problems
- 1970, Dagen, page 7:
- det [er] 10 år siden A-klinikken i Bergen tok mot sine første pasienter
- it [is] 10 years since the A-clinic in Bergen received its first patients
Related terms
- alkoholisme
- rusmisbruk
References
- “a-klinikk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “a-klinikk” in Store norske leksikon