hostel
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hostel
- /ˈhɑstəl/ US
- /ˈhɒstəl/ UK
- /ˈhɔsʈəl/ South Asia
- /hɔsˈʈɛl/ South Asia
- /ˈhosʈəl/ South Asia
- /hɵsˈʈɛl/ South Asia
Sounds like hostile (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɒstəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation).
noun hostels
- An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel. a rundown hostel
- A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
- A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. There are also in Oxford certeine hostels or hals, which may rightwell be called by the names of colleges , if it were not that there is more libertie in them , than is to be seen in the other
- A public hotel. Immediately at hand was a small, mean public-house - one of those dingy establishments that seem to express, by their morbid and retiring appearance, a certain anxiety to escape the eye of the police - and into the parlour of this hostel Quin promptly led the way.
- A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.
verb hostels · hosteling · hostelling · hosteled · hostelled
- To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
- To lodge (a person) in a hostel.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: youth hostel, inn, hostelry, lodge, student lodging, accommodation, lodging, motel, dormitory, guesthouse, apartment, hotel, quarters, dorm, auberge, residence
Translations
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noun an affordable overnight lodging place
| Español | albergue, parador, hostal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 호스텔 hoseutel, 기숙사 gisuksa |
| 日本語 | ホステル hosuteru, 寮 ryō, 宿舎 shukusha |
| 中文 | 招待所 zhāodàisuǒ, 宿舍 sùshè, 旅舍 lǚshè, 旅社 lǚshè |
| Kiswahili | hosteli |
| Português | albergue, estalagem |
| Français | auberge, pension |
| Deutsch | Herberge, Wohnheim, Heim |
| Italiano | ostello |
| Ελληνικά | ξενώνας xenónas |
| Română | hostel |
| Русский | общежи́тие obščežítije, турба́за turbáza, хо́стел xóstɛl, хосте́л xostɛ́l, мини-оте́ль mini-otɛ́lʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà nghỉ |
| العربية | نُزُل nuzul, أُوتِيل ʔōtēl |
| עברית | אַכְסָנִיָּה achsanía |
noun a temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food
| Português | albergue, abrigo |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | άσυλο ásylo |
| Русский | прию́т prijút, ночле́жка nočléžka, ночле́жный дом nočléžnyj dom |
noun place of accommodation for students
| हिन्दी | छात्रावास chātrāvās, हॉस्टल hŏsṭal |
|---|---|
| Português | lar de estudantes |
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title = {hostel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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