host

host

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English

Alternative forms

  • hoast (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊst/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊst/
  • Rhymes: -əʊst

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰostipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.

Noun

host (plural hosts)

  1. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
  2. One that provides a facility for an event.
  3. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
  4. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
    Synonym: (UK) presenter
  5. (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
  6. (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
  7. (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
  8. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
Hyponyms
  • (computing): localhost
Derived terms
Related terms
  • hotel
  • hospitable
  • hospital
  • hospitality
Translations

Verb

host (third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)

  1. To perform the role of a host.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
  3. (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
Derived terms
  • self-host
Translations

See also

  • compere
  • guest
  • event
  • master of ceremonies

Etymology 2

From Middle English oost, borrowed from Old French ost, oste, hoste, from Latin hostis (“foreign enemy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (as opposed to inimicus (“personal enemy”)). Doublet of guest.

Noun

host (plural hosts)

  2. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
  3. A large number of items; a large inventory.
Derived terms
  • heavenly host
  • Lord of Hosts
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English host, oist, ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia (“sacrificial victim”). Doublet of hostie.

Noun

host (plural hosts)

  1. (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
Derived terms
  • host desecration
Translations

See also

  • hostage

Anagrams

  • HOTs, Soth, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, hots, oths, shot, tosh

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan ost, from Latin hostis, from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔst]

Noun

host f (plural hosts)

  1. army, troops

See also

  • exèrcit

References

  • “host” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “host”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “host” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “host” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech host, from Proto-Slavic *gostь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦost]

Noun

host m anim (female equivalent hostka)

  1. guest

Usage

The archaic plural instrumental is hostmi.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “host”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “host”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “host”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology 1

From English host.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦoːst/.
  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

host m (plural hosts, diminutive hostje n)

  1. (computing) host
Derived terms
  • hosten

Etymology 2

From hossen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔst/

Verb

host

  1. inflection of hossen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Related to hoste ("to cough").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hust/
  • Rhymes: -ust

Noun

host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta or hostene)

  1. a single cough expulsion
Usage notes
  • Prior to a 2020 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine.

Etymology 2

From English host.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔust/
  • Rhymes: -ɔust

Noun

host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)

  1. (computing) host
Synonyms
  • vertsmaskin

Etymology 3

Verb

host

  1. imperative of hoste

References

  • “host” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Related to hosta, hoste ("to cough").

Noun

host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta)

  1. a single cough expulsion

Etymology 2

From English host.

Noun

host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hostar, definite plural hostane)

  1. (computing) host
Synonyms
  • vertsmaskin

Etymology 3

Verb

host

  1. imperative of hosta

References

  • “host” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣost/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦost/

Noun

host m pers (female equivalent hosti)

  1. guest
    host pocěstný ― a wayfarer
  2. foreigner

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Czech: host

Further reading

  • Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “host”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English host. Doublet of gość.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔst/
  • Rhymes: -ɔst
  • Syllabification: host

Noun

host m inan

  1. (networking) host (computer attached to a network)

Declension

Noun

host m pers (female equivalent hostessa)

  1. host, promotional model (person hired to greet customers and guests of a store, hotel, or institution, and advertise goods or provide assistance, giving the necessary information or pointing the way)

Declension

Noun

host m pers

  1. (slang) host (owner of a house, apartment, or guesthouse, as opposed to people renting premises from them)
    Synonym: gospodarz

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English host.

Pronunciation

Noun

host m (plural hosts)

  1. (networking) host (computer attached to a network)

Slovene

Noun

hóst

  1. genitive dual/plural of họ̑sta

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English host. Doublet of huésped.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxost/ [ˈxost̪]
  • Rhymes: -ost

Noun

host m or f (plural hosts)

  1. (computing, Internet) host (any computer attached to a network)
    Synonym: anfitrión

Swedish

Interjection

host

  1. cough

Related terms

  • hosta

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