oste

See also: Oste, osté, ôte, öste, and ôté

Danish

Noun

oste c

1. indefinite plural of ost

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.te/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord”), which is from Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes. 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

From Latin hostem, accusative singular of hostis (“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

Synonyms

• esercito

Related terms

• ostile

Anagrams

• esto, teso, tesò

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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

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin hospitem, the accusative singular of hospes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.tə/

Noun

oste 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