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hospitality

  • /ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/ UK
  • /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/ US, dialectal
  • [ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ɾi] US, dialectal
  • /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/ US, dialectal
  • [ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ɪ.ɾi] US, dialectal
  • /ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ə.ti/ Canada, dialectal
  • [ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ə.ɾi] Canada, dialectal
  • /ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/ Canada, dialectal
  • [ˌhɒs.spɪˈtæl.ɪ.ɾi] Canada, dialectal
  • /hɑs.pəˈt̞al.ə.t̞i/ Ireland
  • /häs.pəˈʔæl.ə.ʔi/
  • /häs.pəˈhæl.ə.ʔi/

Rhymes with -ælɪti

Where it comes from

From Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (“hospitality”), from hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cumlīþnes (literally “guest gentleness”).

noun hospitalities

  1. countable, uncountable The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests. Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed.

    Similar: guestfriendship · Opposite: inhospitality

  2. countable, uncountable The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises. After graduating from college, she found a job in hospitality.
  3. countable, uncountable The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or provided to visitors by a private host.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cordial reception, guest, visitor, residential, home, housing, tourism, accommodation, lodging, homestay, shelter, host, guesthouse, drop-in, childcare, hotel

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noun act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests

Españolhospitalidad
한국어환대 hwandae
日本語款待 kantai, 持て成し motenashi, 厚情 kōjō
中文好客 hàokè, 款待 kuǎndài, 招待 zhāodài
हिन्दीआतिथ्य ātithya, सत्कार satkār, मेहमाननवाज़ी mehmānnavāzī
Portuguêshospitalidade
Françaishospitalité
DeutschGastfreundlichkeit, Gastfreundschaft, Gastlichkeit
Italianoospitalità
Ελληνικάφιλοξενία filoxenía, ξενία xenía
Românăospitalitate
Русскийгостеприи́мство gostepriímstvo, раду́шие radúšije, хлебосо́льство xlebosólʹstvo
Tiếng Việtlòng mến khách
العربيةكَرَم karam, إِكْرَام ʔikrām, ضِيَافَة ḍiyāfa, قِرًى qiran
עבריתהַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים hachnasát orḥím

noun business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service

Españolhostelería
한국어호스피탤리티 hoseupitaelliti, 환대산업 hwandaesaneop
日本語ホスピタリティー hosupitaritī, 集客 shūkyaku
हिन्दीसत्कार satkār, आतिथ्य ātithya
Portuguêshotelaria
Françaishôtellerie-restauration
DeutschGastgewerbe
Русскийобслу́живание obslúživanije, гости́ничный би́знес gostíničnyj bíznɛs, хоспита́лити xospitáliti
العربيةضِيَافَة ḍiyāfa
עבריתאירוח erúakh

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@misc{hospitality_2026,
  title = {hospitality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hospitality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}