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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan oste, from Latin hospitem. Cognates include Occitan òste, French hôte (Old French oste), Spanish huésped, Italian ospite.
Pronunciation
Noun
hoste m (plural hostes, feminine hostessa)
- guest
Usage notes
- Hoste is used for a guest who stays overnight, who is lodged for free. For a guest who does not stay overnight (eg, a dinner guest), see convidat.
References
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
hoste m
- vocative singular of host
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hósti (“a cough”), hósta (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *kwas- (“to cough”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hoste c (singular definite hosten, not used in plural form)
- cough
Verb
hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)
- cough (push air from the lungs)
Etymology 2
From English host.
Pronunciation
Verb
hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)
- (computing, Internet) to host websites
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
hoste
- inflection of hossen:
- singular past indicative
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive
French
Noun
hoste m (plural hostes)
- Obsolete spelling of hôte.
See also
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese oste (“host, army”) (with the h- added back to reflect the Latin etymon), from Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“an enemy of the state”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hoste f (plural hostes)
- host, horde
- army
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “hoste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hoste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “hoste”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Latin
Noun
hoste m or f
- ablative singular of hostis (“enemy”)
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French hoste, oste.
Noun
hoste (plural hostes)
- host
Descendants
See also
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French hoste, oste.
Noun
hoste m (plural hostes)
- host
Descendants
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Inherited from Danish hoste, from Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô
Noun
hoste m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)
- (onomatopoeia) a cough
Etymology 2
Inherited from Danish hoste, from Old Norse hósta (sense 1), and English host (sense 2). The Old Norse verb is from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną
Verb
hoste (imperative host, present tense hoster, passive hostes, simple past and past participle hosta or hostet, present participle hostende)
- (onomatopoeia) to cough
- (computing) to host
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Norse hósti, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô
Noun
hoste m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hostar, definite plural hostane)
- a cough
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Norse hósta, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną
Verb
hoste (present tense hostar, past tense hosta, past participle hosta, passive infinitive hostast, present participle hostande, imperative hoste/host)
- e-infinitive form of hosta (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
References
Old French
Pronunciation
Noun
hoste oblique singular, m (oblique plural hostes, nominative singular hostes, nominative plural hoste)
- Alternative form of oste
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese oste (“host, army”) (with the -h- added back to reflect the Latin etymon), from Latin hostem (“an enemy of the state”), from Proto-Italic *hostis (“stranger, guest”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest”). Compare Galician hoste, Spanish hueste.
Pronunciation
Noun
hoste f (plural hostes)
- host; army; military troop
- herd (a mass of people)
- Synonym: horda
Slovene
Noun
hóste
- inflection of họ̑sta:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural