hospitalité

See also: hospitalite

French

Etymology

From Old French hospitalité (ca. 1200), a borrowing from Latin hospitālitās. It remained a learned word and therefore did not undergo the regular muting of preconsonantal /s/ (as in hôpital).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔs.pi.ta.li.te/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

hospitalité f (plural hospitalités)

1. hospitality (attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests)

   Antonym: inhospitalité

Related terms

• hôpital
• hospice
• hospitalier
• hôte
• hôtel

Further reading

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