hostel

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English reinforced by Old French (h)ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”).

Noun

Wikipedia 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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Synonyms

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Derived terms

• hosteler, hosteller
• hostelry

Related terms

• host
• hostler
• hotel

Translations

an affordable overnight lodging place

• Arabic: نزل (ar) (nuzul) m, أُوتيل (ar) ('utiil) m
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: alberg (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 招待所 (cmn) (zhāodàisuǒ), 宿舍 (cmn) (sùshè), 旅舍 (cmn) (lǚshè), 旅社 (cmn) (lǚshè)

• Czech: hostel (cs) m
• Dutch: herberg (nl) m, pension (nl) n
• Esperanto: gastejo (eo)
• Finnish: hostelli, retkeilymaja, matkustajakoti
• French: auberge (fr) f, pension (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Herberge (de) f, Wohnheim (de) n, Heim (de) n
• Hungarian: vendégház (hu), szálló (hu), fogadó (hu)
• Italian: ostello (it) m
• Japanese: ホステル (ja) (hosuteru), 寮 (ja) (りょう, ryō), 宿舎 (ja) (しゅくしゃ, shukusha)
• Polish: hostel (pl) m
• Russian: общежитие (ru) (obščežítije) n, турбаза (ru) (turbáza) f, хостел (ru) (xóstɛl, xostɛ́l) m, мини-отель (ru) (mini-otɛ́l’) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ostail (gd) f
• Spanish: albergue (es) m, parador (es) m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

short for youth hostel — see youth hostel

a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food

• Dutch: hospies n

• Russian: приют (ru) (prijút) m

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Translations to be checked

• Greek: ξενώνας (el) (xenónas) m
• Korean: 호스텔 (ko)

• Maori: whare noho (mi)

Anagrams

• helots, hotels, Lhotse, loseth, tholes

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Czech

Noun

hostel m

1. hostel

Declension

    declension of hostel

	singular	plural
nominative	hostel	hostely
genitive	hostelu	hostelů
dative	hostelu	hostelům
accusative	hostel	hostely
vocative	hostele	hostely
locative	hostelu	hostelech
instrumental	hostelem	hostely

Related terms

• host m

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Middle French

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

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Old French

Noun

hostel m (oblique plural hostels, nominative singular hostels, nominative plural hostel)

1. Alternative form of ostel.

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Polish

Noun

hostel m

1. hostel

Declension

    declension of hostel

	singular	plural
nominative	hostel	hostele
genitive	hostelu	hosteli
dative	hostelowi	hostelom
accusative	hostel	hostele
instrumental	hostelem	hostelami
locative	hostelu	hostelach
vocative	hostelu	hostele