oste

See also: Oste, osté, öste, and øste

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /os̺te/ [os̺.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -os̺te, -e
• Hyphenation: os‧te

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).

Noun

oste inan

1. horde (a large number of people or things)

Declension

Declension of oste (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	oste	ostea	osteak	osteok
ergative	ostek	osteak	osteek	osteok
dative	osteri	osteari	osteei	osteoi
genitive	osteren	ostearen	osteen	osteon
comitative	osterekin	ostearekin	osteekin	osteokin
causative	osterengatik	ostearengatik	osteengatik	osteongatik
benefactive	osterentzat	ostearentzat	osteentzat	osteontzat
instrumental	ostez	osteaz	osteez	osteotaz
innesive	ostetan	ostean	osteetan	osteotan
locative	ostetako	osteko	osteetako	osteotako
allative	ostetara	ostera	osteetara	osteotara
terminative	ostetaraino	osteraino	osteetaraino	osteotaraino
directive	ostetarantz	osterantz	osteetarantz	osteotarantz
destinative	ostetarako	osterako	osteetarako	osteotarako
ablative	ostetatik	ostetik	osteetatik	osteotatik
partitive	osterik	—	—	—
prolative	ostetzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• osteka (“in great numbers”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Basque *bost-, itself a borrowing from Latin post (“behind, after”). The final vowel was back-formed from the derived postposition ostean (“after”).

Noun

oste inan

1. back (the side of any object which is opposite the front)

Declension

Declension of oste (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	oste	ostea	osteak	osteok
ergative	ostek	osteak	osteek	osteok
dative	osteri	osteari	osteei	osteoi
genitive	osteren	ostearen	osteen	osteon
comitative	osterekin	ostearekin	osteekin	osteokin
causative	osterengatik	ostearengatik	osteengatik	osteongatik
benefactive	osterentzat	ostearentzat	osteentzat	osteontzat
instrumental	ostez	osteaz	osteez	osteotaz
innesive	ostetan	ostean	osteetan	osteotan
locative	ostetako	osteko	osteetako	osteotako
allative	ostetara	ostera	osteetara	osteotara
terminative	ostetaraino	osteraino	osteetaraino	osteotaraino
directive	ostetarantz	osterantz	osteetarantz	osteotarantz
destinative	ostetarako	osterako	osteetarako	osteotarako
ablative	ostetatik	ostetik	osteetatik	osteotatik
partitive	osterik	—	—	—
prolative	ostetzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• ostean (“behind”)
• ostendu (“to hide”)

Further reading

• “oste”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “oste”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Danish

Noun

oste c

1. indefinite plural of ost

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔste
• Hyphenation: ò‧ste

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord”), which is from Latin hospitem. From the same Latin source: Italian ospite (a doublet).

Noun

oste m (plural osti, feminine ostessa)

1. innkeeper, landlord (proprietor of an osteria)

Derived terms

• ostessa
• osteria

Related terms

• ospite

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin hostem (“enemy, stranger”), from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).

Noun

oste m (plural osti)

1. army or host, especially that of the enemy

   Synonym: esercito

Related terms

• ostile

Anagrams

• esto, stoe, teso, tesò

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoːsːte/

Verb

ōste

1. inflection of oastit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Old French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis

Proto-Indo-European *pótis

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis

Proto-Italic *hostipotis

Latin hospes

Old French oste

From Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.tə/

Noun

oste oblique singular, m (oblique plural ostes, nominative singular ostes, nominative plural oste)

1. innkeeper, landlord
2. (by extension) host

Related terms

• ostel

Descendants

• → Middle English: hoste
  • English: host
• Middle French: hoste
  • French: hôte
• → Italian: oste