Health
CHU
Letter by letterOfficialB1Meaning
centre hospitalier universitaire
The large public hospital of a university town, which treats patients and trains doctors. It is the word on road signs and at emergency departments: « le CHU de Nantes ».
How it is said
cé-ache-u
Gender and article
le CHU · masculine
Where you meet it
A road sign, a hospital appointment letter, a local newspaper.
Example
Rendez-vous au CHU, bâtiment B, service de radiologie, à 14 h 15.
Appointment at the university hospital (CHU), building B, radiology department, at 2.15 pm.
In the DELF
reading B1 · listening B1
Watch out
Masculine: le CHU. Said cé-ache-u; « l'hôpital » is enough in conversation.
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