hostie

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle French hostie, from Latin hostia. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhəʊsti/ Rhymes: -əʊsti ==== Noun ==== hostie (plural hosties) (obsolete, Catholicism, Scotland) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host. 1694 August 9, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, Letter XII, in 1845, William Jerdan (editor), Letters from James, Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, &c, to His Sister, Countess of Erroll, and Other Members of His Family, page 40, This Hostie* is carryed about the streets in procession : and really it is very fine to see the solemnity. === Etymology 2 === From hostess +‎ -ie (“diminutive suffix”). ==== Noun ==== hostie (plural hosties) (Australia, informal) An air hostess. 2011, Les Hawkins, Great Australian Fly-Fishing Stories, Chapter 20, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, unnumbered page, The cute hostie at the check-in for Kamchatka accepted a note the Russian Ambassador in Canberra had given me about excess luggage and gave me a smile rather than a bill. ===== Hypernyms ===== flight attendant == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin hostia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɔsti/ === Noun === hostie f (plural hosties, diminutive hostietje n) (Christianity) host (consecrated bread / wafer) ==== Synonyms ==== ouwel == French == === Alternative forms === ostie, osti, sti, 'sti (swear word) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hostia. Compare Old French oiste. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔs.ti/ === Noun === hostie f (plural hosties) the host used in church (Quebec) alternative form of ostie ==== Derived terms ==== hostie de === Further reading === “hostie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hostia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhos.ti.e/ === Noun === hostie f (plural hostii) sacrifice, offering victim, sacrificial animal (Christianity) host, The consecrated bread ==== Declension ==== === References === “hostie”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Verb === hostie inflection of hostiar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative