hostel

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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. Obsolete from the 16th to 18th centuries, until it was revived by Walter Scott.

Pronunciation

Noun

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hostel (plural hostels)

  1. A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
    A rundown hostel
  2. (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
  3. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
  4. (South Asia) A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.

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Descendants

  • → Japanese: ホステル (hosuteru)
  • → Korean: 호스텔 (hoseutel)
  • → Oromo: hosteela

Translations

short for youth hostel — see youth hostel
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Verb

hostel (third-person singular simple present hostels, present participle hosteling or hostelling, simple past and past participle hosteled or hostelled)

  1. (intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
  2. (transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

hostel m inan

  1. hostel

Declension

Declension of hostel (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative hostel hostely
genitive hostelu hostelů
dative hostelu hostelům
accusative hostel hostely
vocative hostele hostely
locative hostelu hostelech
instrumental hostelem hostely

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French hostel, ostel, from Latin hospitāle. Doublet of hospital.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔsˈtɛːl/, /ɔsˈtɛl/, /ˈɔstɛl/

Noun

hostel (plural hosteles)

  1. A hostel or guesthouse; accommodation.
  2. Fun or diversion; entertaining activities.
  3. A dwelling or house; a place of residence.
  4. A household; a domestic establishment.
  5. The owner or manager of a hostel.
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Etymology 2

Verb

hostel

  1. Alternative form of hostelen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ostel.

Noun

hostel m (plural hostels)

  1. shelter; living quarters; place to stay
  2. hotel; hostel; inn (establishment offering rooms for hire)

Derived terms

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)

  1. Alternative form of ostel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hostel, 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 (“hotel”) and szpital (“hospital”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hostel m inan (diminutive hostelik)

  1. hostel (a commercial overnight lodging place)
  2. hostel (a temporary refuge)
    Synonym: schronisko

Declension

Declension of hostel
singular plural
nominative hostel hostele
genitive hostelu hosteli
dative hostelowi hostelom
accusative hostel hostele
instrumental hostelem hostelami
locative hostelu hostelach
vocative hostelu hostele

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • hostel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hostel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hostel.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

hostel m (plural hostels)

  1. (Brazil) hostel
    Synonym: albergue

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hostel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /osˈtel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: hos‧tel

Noun

hostel m (plural hosteles)

  1. hostel
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