n., pl. -tos also -rets or -rettes.

1. A hospital treating contagious diseases.
2. A building or ship used as a quarantine station.
3. often lazaret Nautical. A storage space between the decks of a ship.

[Italian lazzaretto : blend of lazzaro, lazar (from Late Latin Lazarus, Lazarus; see lazar) and dialectal Nazareto, popular name for a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret.]

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Originally a lazar-house where lepers were confined, but later any hospital for contagious diseases.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
  Synonyms: lazaretto, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - storesrum, hospital for spedalske, karantæneskib

Français (French)
n. - lazaret

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lazarett

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεπροκομείο

Italiano (Italian)
lazzaretto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - leprosário (m) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
лепрозорий, карантинное судно

Español (Spanish)
n. - lazareto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spetälskesjukhus, fattigsjukhus, karantänsfartyg, karantänsanstalt, (sjö.) proviantrum

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
传染病院, 检疫船

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傳染病院, 檢疫船

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 격리 병원, 전염병 병원, 검역소, 식료품 보관소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 避病院, 検疫所

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית-חולים למצורעים, בנין או ספינה להסגר (בידוד), אחורי החלק התת-סיפוני של אוניה המשמש כמחסן‬

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