See also: Oste, osté, öste, and øste

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /os̺te/, [o̞s̺.t̪e̞]

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

oste inan

  1. horde (a large number of people or things)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
  • osteka (in great numbers)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Basque *bost-, itself a borrowing from Latin post (behind, after). The final vowel was back-formed from the derived postposition ostean (after).[1]

Noun edit

oste inan

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

  1. ^ oste” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading edit

  • "oste" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • oste” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish edit

Noun edit

oste c

  1. indefinite plural of ost

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

oste m (plural osti, feminine ostessa)

  1. innkeeper, landlord (proprietor of an osteria)
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Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

oste m (plural osti)

  1. army or host, especially that of the enemy
    Synonym: esercito
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Anagrams edit

Northern Sami edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈoːsːte/

Verb edit

ōste

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

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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

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Descendants edit

  • Middle English: hoste
  • Middle French: hoste
  • Italian: oste