hôtel-Dieu

English

Alternative forms

• hotel-Dieu

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel-Dieu.

Noun

hôtel-Dieu (plural hôtels-Dieu)

1. (historical) The chief hospital in a French city.
   • 2017, Alison Forrestal, Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform:

     When she arrived in each town, she checked whether a Hôtel-Dieu existed, and visited the five that she found.

References

• A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms‎^[1], 1972, page 240

French

Etymology

Literally, “hostel [of] God”, such hospitals usually being run by religious orders.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɛl.djø/

Noun

hôtel-Dieu m (plural hôtels-Dieu)

1. (historical) hôtel-Dieu

References

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