hospitalité

== French == === Etymology === From Old French hospitalité (ca. 1200), a borrowing from Latin hospitālitās. It remained a learned word and therefore did not undergo the regular muting of preconsonantal /s/ (as in hôpital). === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔs.pi.ta.li.te/ === Noun === hospitalité f (plural hospitalités) hospitality (attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests) Antonym: inhospitalité ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “hospitalité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012