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 budget-oriented overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities
2. Especially, short for youth hostel
3. A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food (this definition is not used in the USA)

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Derived terms

• hosteler
• 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 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. 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) (xóstel, xostél) 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) 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. 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