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hospital

See also: Hospital and hôpital

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A room in a 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”).

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hospital (countable and uncountable, plural hospitals)

  2. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
    Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital. (UK)
    Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital. (US)
    • 2010, Sameer P. Sarkar, “Mental health law and the mentally disordered offender”, in Annie Bartlett, Gill McGauley, editors, Forensic Mental Health: Concepts, Systems, and Practice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, section 3 (Law), page 265:
      This section of the Act gives the court powers to assess whether treatment is going to be beneficial and hence whether hospital is a suitable disposal option.
  3. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
    The foundling hospital took in abandoned children and educated them.
  4. (obsolete) A place of lodging.

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hospital (comparative more hospital, superlative most hospital)

  1. (obsolete) Hospitable.

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Recent borrowing from Spanish hospital from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Compare native hespital.

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  • IPA(key): /ospiˈtal/, [os.piˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal

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hospital m (plural hospitales)

  1. hospital (building)

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Borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of the inherited hostal.

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hospital m (plural hospitals)

  1. hospital

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Borrowed from English hospital, borrowed from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˌhospiˈtal/ [ˌhos̪.pɪˈt̪al̪]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal

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hóspitál (Badlit spelling ᜑᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. a hospital
    Synonyms: ospital, tambalanan

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Borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospital, guesthouse”), from the neuter form of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest, stranger”).

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  • IPA(key): /hɔspitaːl/, [hɔsb̥iˈtˢæːˀl] or IPA(key): /hospitaːl/, [hosb̥iˈtˢæːˀl]

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hospital n (singular definite hospitalet, plural indefinite hospitaler)

  1. hospital

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Declension of hospital
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hospital hospitalet hospitaler hospitalerne
genitive hospitals hospitalets hospitalers hospitalernes

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hospital m (plural hospitaux)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hôpital.

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    Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis
    Late Latin hospitāle
    Old Galician-Portuguese espital
    Galician hospital

    From Old Galician-Portuguese hospital, espital, spital, borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”).

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    • IPA(key): /ɔspiˈtal/ [ɔs̺.piˈt̪ɑɫ]
    • Rhymes: -al
    • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal

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    hospital m (plural hospitais)

    1. hospital
      Foi visitar un enfermo ao hospital. Un hospital privado.
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    FWOTD – 28 April 2020

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    hospital (comparative plus hospital, superlative le plus hospital)

    1. hospitable
      • 1992, Ramiro Castro, “Un septimana in asuncion”, in Panorama in Interlingua, volume 1992, number martio-april:
        Le populo es multo hospital e amabile.
        The people are very hospitable and amiable.

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    hospital (plural hospitales)

    1. hospital
      • 1959 March, A. Donald Merritt, Bernard F. Fetter, “Toxic Hepatic Necrosis (Hepatitis) due to Isoniazid: Report of a Case with Cirrhosis and Death due to Hemorrhage from Esophageal Varices”, in Annals of Internal Medicine, page 810:
        Esseva constatate plus tarde que illa habeva recipite streptomycina, isoniazido, e acido para-aminosalicylic un anno previemente a un altere hospital.
        It was established later that she had received streptomycin, isoniazid and para-aminosalicylic acid a year earlier at another hospital.

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    Borrowed from English hospital or Dutch hospitaal,[1] both ultimately from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis. Displaced rumah sakit within Malaysia by the 1960s during the Konfrontasi.[2]

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    • IPA(key): /hosˈpital/ [hosˈpi.t̪al]
    • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal
    • Rhymes: -ital

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    hospital (Jawi spelling هوسڤيتل, plural hospital-hospital, informal 1st possessive hospitalku, 2nd possessive hospitalmu, 3rd possessive hospitalnya)

    1. hospital
      Synonym: rumah sakit (Malay populated areas of Indonesia)

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    1. ^ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 144
    2. ^ Umar Junus (2010) Gaya bahasa sastera Melayu, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia, page 95

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    Middle English

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    Borrowed from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis, hospitāle. Doublet of hostel.

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    • IPA(key): /ɔspiˈtaːl/, /ˈɔspital/

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    hospital (plural hospitals)

    1. A hostel or guesthouse; a place of accommodation or lodging.
    2. A shelter for the poor, ill or otherwise needy.
    3. A place of refuge; a retreat or redoubt.
    4. The Knights Hospitaller (a religious order)
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    hospital

    1. hospitable

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    Middle French

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    From Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”) from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”).

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    hospital m (plural hospitaulx)

    1. hospital (medical)

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    Old French

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    Borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Compare the inherited ostel.

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    hospital oblique singular, m (oblique plural hospitaus or hospitax or hospitals, nominative singular hospitaus or hospitax or hospitals, nominative plural hospital)

    1. hospital (medical)

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    hospital m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hospitale)

    1. hospitable; welcoming

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    Case masculine feminine neuter
    singular subject hospitals, hospitaus hospitale hospital
    oblique hospital hospitale hospital
    plural subject hospital hospitales hospital
    oblique hospitals, hospitaus hospitales hospital

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    Borrowed from Latin hospitāle (“hospital; guesthouse”), noun use of the neuter form of hospitālis (“pertaining to a host or guest”).

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    hospital m (oblique plural hospitals, nominative singular hospitals, nominative plural hospital)

    1. hospital
      • 12th c., Lo codi [The Code], translation of Codex Justinianeus by Justinian I:
        A gleisas et a hospitals
        to churches and hospitals
    2. One of several religious orders.
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    Portuguese

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis
      Late Latin hospitāle
      Old Galician-Portuguese espital
      Portuguese hospital

      From Old Galician-Portuguese hospital, espital, spital, from Late Latin hospitālis (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of the inherited hospedal.

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      hospital m (plural hospitais)

      1. hospital
        Synonym: nosocómio

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      Spanish

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      Borrowed from Late Latin hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of hostal.

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      • IPA(key): /ospiˈtal/ [os.piˈt̪al]
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      • Rhymes: -al
      • Syllabification: hos‧pi‧tal

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      hospital m (plural hospitales)

      1. hospital
        Synonym: nosocomio

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      Borrowed from Medieval Latin hospitale, nominalisation of Latin hospitalis (“hospitality”).

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      hospital n

      1. (archaic, 11th century) lodging for travelers
      2. (archaic, middle age) leprosarium; care facility for the leprous
        • 1844, Magnus Jacob Crusenstolpe, Morianen, eller Holstein-Gottorpiska huset i Sverige. Tidsbilder, började på fästningen. Sjette och sista delen‎[1], page 44:
          Hennes person kan liknas vid ett hospital, som utanpå är likt ett nymåladt palats, men hyser inom sig död, sjukdom och förskräckelse; […]
          Her person may be likened to a leprosarium, which on the outside is like a newly painted palace, but harbors within it death, disease, and horror; […]
      3. (archaic, 15th century) care facility for the elderly, disabled, and sick
        Synonym: helgeandshus
      4. (archaic, 19th century) mental hospital
        • 1835, Victor August Altén, “Jorden [Earth]”, in Dikter II, page 94:
          Mången tror den är ett hospital,
          då han ser så många dårar samla
          sig uti dess stora gästningssal,
          och, som blinda, kring dess väggar famla.
          Many believe it's a madhouse,
          when they see so many fools gather,
          in its large reception hall,
          and, like the blind, stumble around its walls.
        • 1843–1846, August Blanche, “En trappa upp och på nedra botten, eller Grosshandlaren och Klädmäklaren [1843]”, in Theater-stycken I‎[2], page 76:
          Hvar har ni fått de der idéerna ifrån? ni måtte ha rymt från något hospital i Frankrike?
          Where did you get those ideas from? you must have escaped from some mental institution in France?

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      Declension of hospital
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite hospital hospitals
      definite hospitalet hospitalets
      plural indefinite hospital hospitals
      definite hospitalen hospitalens

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      • sjukhus (“hospital”, literally “sick-house”)
      • lasarett (“hospital”)

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