hospitable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɒsˈpɪtəbəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able.

Adjective

hospitable (comparative more hospitable, superlative most hospitable)

1. cordial and generous towards guests

   Synonym: guestfriendly

2. receptive and open-minded
3. favorable

Translations

cordial and generous towards guests

• Armenian: հյուրընկալ (hy) (hyurənkal), հյուրասեր (hy) (hyuraser)
• Bashkir: ҡунаҡсыл (qunaqsıl)
• Belarusian: гасці́нны (hascínny)
• Bulgarian: гостоприемен (bg) (gostopriemen)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 好客 (hou³ haak³)

  Mandarin: 好客 (zh) (hàokè)

  Min Nan: 好客 (hòⁿ-kheh)

• Czech: pohostinný m
• Danish: gæstfri
• Dutch: gastvrij (nl)
• Esperanto: gastama
• Finnish: vieraanvarainen (fi)
• French: hospitalier (fr)
• Georgian: სტუმართმოყვარე (sṭumartmoq̇vare) სტუმართმოყვარული (sṭumartmoq̇varuli)
• German: gastfreundlich (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: φιλόξενος (philóxenos)

• Hebrew: מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים (makhnís-'or'khím)
• Hungarian: vendégszerető (hu)
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• Icelandic: gestrisinn
• Interlingua: hospital
• Interlingue:
• Irish: aíoch, aíochtach, iostasach, gartach (literary)
• Italian: ospitale (it)
• Japanese: もてなしのよい (motenashi no yoi)
• Latin: hospitālis
• Maori: whakamanuhiri, marae, manaaki
• Norwegian: gjestfri
• Old English: cumlīþe, ġiestlīþe
• Polish: gościnny (pl)
• Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt)
• Russian: гостеприи́мный (ru) (gostepriímnyj), раду́шный (ru) (radúšnyj)
• Slovak: pohostinný
• Spanish: hospitalario
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: misafirperver (tr)
• Ukrainian: гости́нний (hostýnnyj)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: מכניס־אורחים (makhnis-orkhim), גאַסטפֿרײַנדלעך (gastfrayndlekh)

receptive and open-minded

• Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt)
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• Russian: откры́тый (ru) (otkrýtyj), непредвзя́тый (ru) (nepredvzjátyj), непредубеждённый (ru) (nepredubeždjónnyj)