convalescent

From French convalescent, from Latin convalēscēn(t-)s, present participle of convalēscere (“to become strong or well”); see convalesce.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənt/
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

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convalescent (not comparable)

1. recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness
   • 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:

     So soon as Lady Anne was pronounced convalescent by the medical men, she insisted on discharging "that odious woman," the nurse,...

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     "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!"

2. of convalescence or convalescents

   She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home.

convalescent (plural convalescents)

1. A person recovering from illness.

   I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.

From Latin convalēscentem.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.va.lɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /kɔ̃.va.le.sɑ̃/
• Homophone: convalescents

convalescent (feminine convalescente, masculine plural convalescents, feminine plural convalescentes)

1. convalescent

convalescent m (plural convalescents, feminine convalescente)

1. convalescent

• “convalescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.u̯aˈleːs.kent/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.vaˈleʃ.ʃent/,

convalēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of convalēscō

Borrowed from French convalescent, from Latin convalescens.

convalescent m or n (feminine singular convalescentă, masculine plural convalescenți, feminine and neuter plural convalescente)

1. convalescent