hôpital

See also: hospital and Hospital

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French hospital, from Old French hospital (12th c.), a borrowing from Late Latin hospitāle (“hospital, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hôtel.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /o.pi.tal/, /ɔ.pi.tal/

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• Hyphenation: hô‧pi‧tal

Noun

hôpital m (plural hôpitaux)

1. hospital

Derived terms

• c'est l'hôpital qui se moque de la charité (and variants)
• hôpital ambulant
• hôpital psychiatrique

Related terms

• hospitalier, hospitaliser, hospitalité
• hôtel, hôtelier, hôtellerie

Descendants

• → Chadian Arabic: لبتان (labtān)
• ⇒ Haitian Creole: lopital
• → Kaba: òpìtāl
• → Malagasy: hopitaly
• ⇒ Mauritian Creole: lopital
• ⇒ Réunion Creole French: lopital
• ⇒ Seychellois Creole: lopital

Further reading

• “hôpital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012