nars

See also: närs

Cebuano

Etymology

From English nurse, variant form of the archaic nourice, from Old French norrice, from Latin nūtrīcius (“that nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtrio (“to suckle”).

Noun

nars

1. a nurse

Verb

nars

1. to study or apply to become a nurse

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• narses

Etymology

Borrowed from English nurse, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, from Latin nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnaɾs/ [ˈn̪aɹs]
• Rhymes: -aɾs
• Syllabification: nars

Noun

nars (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. nurse

   Synonyms: tagapag-alaga, (male) empermero, (female) empermera

Derived terms

• magkanars
• magnars
• narsan
• pagnanars

Related terms

• narseri
• narsing
• nutrisyon
• nutritibo

See also

• sisiwa

Further reading

• “nars”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.