hôte

See also: hote and hoste

French

Etymology

From Middle French hoste, from Old French oste, from Latin hospitem, accusative singular of hospes, from Proto-Italic *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, possibly corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰost(i)potis, a compound of *gʰóstis and *pótis. See also Old French ost.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ot/

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• Homophones: hôtes, ôte, ôtes, ôtent
• Homophones: haute, hautes (but aspirated h)

Noun

hôte m (plural hôtes, feminine hôte or hôtesse)

1. guest (one who is received)
2. host (one who receives)
3. host (being that carries a parasite)

Usage notes

• Generally the feminine is hôte when meaning “guest”, but hôtesse when meaning “host, hostess”.

Related terms

• hôtel
• hôpital

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Théo