hospital
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hospital¹
- /ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/ UK
- /ˈɒs.pɪ.tl̩/ UK, obsolete
- /ˈhɑs.pɪ.tl̩/ US
- /ˈhɑs.pɪ.ɾl̩/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
noun hospitals · hospitale
- A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment. Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.
- A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The foundling hospital took in abandoned children and educated them.
- A place of lodging. […] they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale, / They thither marcht […]
Similar: sickhouse
adjective more hospital · most hospital · hospitale
- Hospitable. At last the Ocean, that hospital friend to the wretched, opened her capacious arms to receive him; and he instantly resolved to accept her kind invitation.
Hospital²
proper noun Hospitals
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: infirmary, clinical, clinic, hospitalization, inpatient, doctor, hospitalized, physician, medical, treatment, icu, acquired, nosocomial, tail, homes, in-patient
noun
Similar: sickhouse
Translations
Every language
noun large medical facility
| Español | hospital, nosocomio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 병원 byeong'won, 의원 uiwon |
| 日本語 | 病院 byōin, 医院 iin |
| 中文 | 醫院 /医院 yīyuàn |
| हिन्दी | अस्पताल aspatāl, चिकित्सालय cikitsālay, रुग्णालय rugṇālay, शफ़ाख़ाना śafāxānā, शिफ़ाख़ाना śifāxānā |
| Kiswahili | hospitali |
| Português | hospital |
| Français | hôpital |
| Deutsch | Krankenhaus |
| Italiano | ospedale |
| Ελληνικά | νοσοκομείο nosokomeío |
| Română | spital |
| Русский | больни́ца bolʹníca, го́спиталь góspitalʹ, кли́ника klínika, лече́бница lečébnica |
| Tiếng Việt | bệnh viện, nhà thương, y viện |
| العربية | مُسْتَشْفًى mustašfan, مَارِسْتَان māristān |
| עברית | בֵּית חוֹלִים bet kholím |
adj relational to hospitals
| Español | hospitalario, nosocomial |
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@misc{hospital_2026,
title = {hospital},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hospital},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
