hôpital

See also: hospital and Hospital

French

Etymology

From Middle French hospital, from Old French hospital, borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter”), noun use of Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hôtel.

Pronunciation

^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /o.pi.tal/, /ɔ.pi.tal/
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Noun

hôpital m (plural hôpitaux)

hospital

Derived terms

Further reading

“hôpital” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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