hoste

See also: hosté, hôte, and høste

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan òste), from Latin hospitem, singular accusative of hospes. Other cognates include French hôte (Old French oste), Spanish huésped, Italian ospite.

Noun

hoste m (plural hostes, feminine hostessa)

1. guest

Usage notes

• Hoste is used for a guest who stays overnight, who is lodged for free. For a guest who does not stay overnight (eg, a dinner guest), see convidat.

Related terms

• hostal

Further reading

• “hoste” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦostɛ]

Noun

hoste m

1. vocative singular of host

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hósti (“a cough”), hósta (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *kwas- (“to cough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːstə/, [ˈhoːsd̥ə]

Noun

hoste c (singular definite hosten, not used in plural form)

1. cough

Verb

hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)

1. cough (push air from the lungs)

Etymology 2

From English host.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hovstə/, [ˈhɔwsd̥e]

Verb

hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)

1. (computing, Internet) to host websites

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

hoste

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of hossen

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French

Noun

hoste m (plural hostes)

1. Obsolete spelling of hôte

See also

• hostesse

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese oste (“host, army”) (with the h- added back to reflect the Latin etymon), from Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“an enemy of the state”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔste̝/

Noun

hoste f (plural hostes)

1. host, horde
2. army

Derived terms

• estantiga

References

• “hoste” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “hoste” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “hoste” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Latin

Noun

hoste

1. ablative singular of hostis

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French hoste, oste.

Noun

hoste (plural hostes)

1. host

Related terms

• hostesse

Descendants

• English: host

See also

• oost

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French hoste, oste.

Noun

hoste m (plural hostes)

1. host

See also

• hostesse

Descendants

• French: hôte

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hósti (onomatopoeia).

Noun

hoste m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)

1. (onomatopoeia) a cough

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hósta (sense 1), and English host (sense 2).

Verb

hoste (imperative host, present tense hoster, passive hostes, simple past and past participle hosta or hostet, present participle hostende)

1. (onomatopoeia) to cough
2. (computing) to host

References

• “hoste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.tə/

Noun

hoste m (oblique plural hostes, nominative singular hostes, nominative plural hoste)

1. Alternative form of oste

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese oste (“host, army”) (with the -h- added back to reflect the Latin etymon), from Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“an enemy of the state”), from Proto-Italic *hostis (“stranger, guest”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest”). Compare Galician hoste, Spanish hueste.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔʃ.tɨ/
• Hyphenation: hos‧te

Noun

hoste f (plural hostes)

1. host; army; military troop
2. herd (a mass of people)

   Synonym: horda

Related terms

• hostilidade

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Slovene

Noun

hóste

1. inflection of họ̑sta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural