hostel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑstəl/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒstəl/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈhɔsʈəl/, /hɔsˈʈɛl/, /ˈhosʈəl/, /hɵsˈʈɛl/ Homophone: hostile (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -ɒstəl === Noun === hostel (plural hostels) An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel. (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. (obsolete) A public hotel. (South Africa, South Asia) A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:lodging place ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== host hostler hotel ==== Descendants ==== → Hindi: हॉस्टल (hŏsṭal) → Japanese: ホステル (hosuteru) → Korean: 호스텔 (hoseutel) → Oromo: hosteela → Tamil: ஹாஸ்டல் (hāsṭal) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== hospice === Verb === hostel (third-person singular simple present hostels, present participle (US) hosteling or (UK) hostelling, simple past and past participle (US) hosteled or (UK) hostelled) (intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels. (transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel. === References === === Anagrams === shotel, Tholes, Esholt, s—thole, Holste, hôtels, helots, tholes, Lhotse, hotels, loseth, Holtes, s--thole, s**thole == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦostl̩] IPA(key): [ˈɦostɛl] === Noun === hostel m inan hostel ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From English hostel. === Noun === hostel n (singular definite hostellet, plural indefinite hostels) hostel ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== “hostel” in Den Danske Ordbog ==== See also ==== vandrerhjem == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hostel. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: hos‧tel === Noun === hostel n (plural hostels, no diminutive) hostel, youth hostel Synonym: jeugdherberg == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhostəl/ [ˈhos.t̪əl] Rhymes: -ostəl Syllabification: hos‧tel === Noun === hostel (plural hostel-hostel) hostel ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hostel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French hostel, ostel, from Latin hospitāle. Doublet of hospital. ==== Alternative forms ==== hostele, hostell, hostelle, hostil, ostel, ostell, osteyl ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɔsˈtɛːl/, /ɔsˈtɛl/, /ˈɔstɛl/ ==== Noun ==== hostel (plural hosteles) A hostel or guesthouse; accommodation. Fun or diversion; entertaining activities. A dwelling or house; a place of residence. A household; a domestic establishment. The owner or manager of a hostel. ===== Related terms ===== hostelen hostelerie hostiler ===== Descendants ===== English: hostel (see there for further descendants) Scots: hostel → Middle Cornish: ostel Cornish: ostel ===== References ===== “hostē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 August 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hostel alternative form of hostelen == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French ostel. === Noun === hostel m (plural hostels) shelter; living quarters; place to stay hotel; hostel; inn (establishment offering rooms for hire) ==== Derived terms ==== maistre d'hostel ==== Descendants ==== French: hôtel (see there for further descendants) == Old French == === Noun === hostel oblique singular, m (oblique plural hosteaus or hosteax or hostiaus or hostiax or hostels, nominative singular hosteaus or hosteax or hostiaus or hostiax or hostels, nominative plural hostel) alternative form of ostel == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hostel. Doublet of hotel and szpital. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɔs.tɛl/ Rhymes: -ɔstɛl Syllabification: hos‧tel === Noun === hostel m inan (diminutive hostelik) hostel (a commercial overnight lodging place) hostel (a temporary refuge) Synonym: schronisko ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hostel”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “hostel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hostel. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hostel m (plural hostels) hostel Synonym: albergue === Further reading === “hostel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hostel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /osˈtel/ [osˈt̪el] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: hos‧tel === Noun === hostel m (plural hosteles) hostel