ospedale
See also: ospedałe
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
From earlier *ospetale, from Late Latin hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), substantivization of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable; pertaining to a host or guest”). Doublet of ospitale and hotel, which were borrowed from Latin and French respectively.
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Noun edit
ospedale m (plural ospedali)
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Further reading edit
- ospedale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana