oste

See also: osté, ôte, öste, and ôté

Danish

Noun

oste c

  1. plural indefinite of ost

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord”), which is from Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes. From the same Latin source: Italian ospite (a doublet).

Noun

oste m (plural osti, feminine ostessa)

  1. innkeeper, landlord (proprietor of an osteria)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).

Noun

oste m (plural osti)

  1. army or host, especially that of the enemy
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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈoːsːte/

Verb

ōste

  1. inflection of oastit:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Old French

Etymology

From Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔs.tə/

Noun

oste m (oblique plural ostes, nominative singular ostes, nominative plural oste)

  1. innkeeper, landlord
  2. (by extension) host

Descendants

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