hostel

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑstəl/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒstəl/
• Homophone: hostile (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

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.

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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. to stay in a hostel as part of a travel

Anagrams

• Holtes, Lhotse, Tholes, helots, hotels, loseth, shotel, tholes

Noun

hostel m

1. hostel

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)

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

Noun

hostel m inan

1. hostel

Noun

hostel m (plural hosteles)

1. hostel