hôpital

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French hospital, from Old French hospital (12th c.), a borrowing from Late Latin hospitāle (“hospital, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hôtel. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /o.pi.tal/, /ɔ.pi.tal/ === Noun === hôpital m (plural hôpitaux) hospital ==== Derived terms ==== c'est l'hôpital qui se moque de la charité (and variants) hôpital ambulant hôpital psychiatrique ==== Related terms ==== hospitalier, hospitaliser, hospitalité hôtel, hôtelier, hôtellerie ==== Descendants ==== → Chadian Arabic: لبتان (labtān) → Kaba: òpìtāl → Malagasy: hopitaly === Further reading === “hôpital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012