hostel

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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. Obsolete from the 16th to 18th centuries, until it was revived by Walter Scott.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑstəl/
• (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.
4. (South Asia) A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:lodging place

Derived terms

• bail hostel
• hosteler, hosteller
• hostelry
• probation hostel
• youth hostel

Related terms

• host
• hostler
• hotel

Descendants

• → Hindi: हॉस्टल (hŏsṭal)
• → Japanese: ホステル (hosuteru)
• → Korean: 호스텔 (hoseutel)
• → Oromo: hosteela

Translations

See also

• hospice

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
2. (transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel.

Anagrams

• shotel, Tholes, Esholt, s—thole, Holste, hôtels, helots, tholes, Lhotse, hotels, loseth, Holtes, s--thole, s**thole

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦostl̩]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɦostɛl]

Noun

hostel m inan

1. hostel

Declension

Related terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• hostele, hostell, hostelle, hostil, ostel, ostell, osteyl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔsˈtɛːl/, /ɔsˈtɛl/, /ˈɔstɛl/

Noun

hostel (plural hosteles)

1. A hostel or guesthouse; accommodation.
2. Fun or diversion; entertaining activities.
3. A dwelling or house; a place of residence.
4. A household; a domestic establishment.
5. The owner or manager of a hostel.

Related terms

• hostelen
• hostelerie
• hostiler

Descendants

• English: hostel
• Scots: hostel
• → Middle Cornish: ostel
  • Cornish: ostel

References

• “hostē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-07.

Etymology 2

Verb

hostel

1. Alternative form of hostelen

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

• French: hôtel (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Noun

hostel oblique singular, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from English hostel. Doublet of hotel and szpital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔs.tɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɔstɛl
• Syllabification: hos‧tel

Noun

hostel m inan (diminutive hostelik)

1. hostel (a commercial overnight lodging place)
2. hostel (a temporary refuge)

   Synonym: schronisko

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hostel.

Pronunciation

Noun

hostel m (plural hostels)

1. hostel

   Synonym: albergue

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hostel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /osˈtel/ [osˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: hos‧tel

Noun

hostel m (plural hosteles)

1. hostel