English Explanatory Dictionary

hospital

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
  2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
  3. A place of lodging.
adj
  1. Hospitable.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/ En-uk-hospital.ogg /ˈɒs.pɪ.tl̩/ /ˈhɑs.pɪ.tl̩/ /ˈhɑs.pɪ.ɾl̩/ en-us-hospital.ogg

Word forms

hospital hospitals hospitale more hospital most hospital

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Late Latin hospitālisbor. Old French hospitalbor. Middle English hospital English hospital From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).

Synonyms

sickhouse

Related words

hospice hospitable hospitality hospitaller host

Derived words

antihospital base hospital children's hospital cottage hospital field hospital general hospital hospicentric hospital bag hospital bed hospital corner hospital corpsman hospital fever hospital gangrene hospital gown hospitalise hospitalism hospitalist hospitalization hospitalize hospitalman hospital order hospital pass hospital pharmacy Hospital Row hospital ship hospital soap hospital sock in hospital in-hospital interhospital in the hospital intrahospital lock hospital maternity hospital mental hospital military hospital multihospital nonhospital posthospital prehospital psych hospital psychiatric hospital put someone in hospital superhospital teaching hospital veterinary hospital
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