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Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
espital m (plural espitals)
- (Languedoc) hospital
Derived terms
References
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin hospitāle, from Latin hospitālis, from Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧tal
Noun
espital m (plural *espitais)
- hospital
Descendants
References
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “espital”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espital”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espital”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Old Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
espital m (oblique plural espitals, nominative singular espitals, nominative plural espital)
- Alternative form of hospital
Portuguese
Noun
espital m (plural espitaes)
- Obsolete form of hospital.