hostel

See also: hôtel

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

hostel (plural hostels)

  1. A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth 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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
short for youth hostel — see youth hostel
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See also

Verb

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

  1. to stay in a hostel as part of a travel

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

hostel m

  1. hostel

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative hostel hostely
genitive hostelu hostelů
dative hostelu hostelům
accusative hostel hostely
vocative hostele hostely
locative hostelu hostelech
instrumental hostelem hostely

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /(h)ɔsˈtɛːl/, /(h)ɔsˈtɛi̯l/, /ˈ(h)ɔstəl/

Noun

hostel (plural hosteles)

  1. A hostel or guesthouse; accomodation.
  2. Fun or diversion; entertaining activities.
  3. A dwelling, dormitory or home; housing, lodging.
  4. A house or place of residence; the household.
  5. A owner or manager of a hostel.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old French osteler, hosteler.

Verb

hostel

  1. Alternative form of hostellen

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
  • maistre d'hostel

Descendants

Old French

Noun

hostel 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

Noun

hostel m inan

  1. hostel

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

Spanish

Noun

hostel m (plural hosteles)

  1. hostel
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