English Explanatory Dictionary

hospice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.
  2. The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
  3. A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑspɪs/ /ˈhɒspɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hospice.wav

Word forms

hospice hospices

Etymology

Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.

Related words

hospital hospitable

Derived words

nonhospice

Translations

Afrikaans: hospies Afrikaans: hospitium Bulgarian: хоспис Chinese Mandarin: 臨終關懷 /临终关怀 Chinese Mandarin: 安養院 /安养院 Finnish: saattohoito Finnish: saattokoti French: hospice German: Hospizdienst German: Hospiz Indonesian: hospis Irish: ospís Italian: ospizio Italian: casa di cura Malay: hospis Persian: خستهخانه Portuguese: cuidados paliativos Welsh: hosbis Catalan: hospici Catalan: casa de beneficència Dutch: hospice Greek: άσυλο ανιάτων Hebrew: הוספיס Hebrew: מרכז לטיפול תומך Japanese: ホスピス Kazakh: хоспис Korean: 호스피스 Kyrgyz: хоспис Polish: hospicjum Russian: хо́спис Slovene: hospic Spanish: hospicio Swedish: hospis Swedish: hospice Thai: สถานดูแลระยะสุดท้าย
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