hospitalier

French

Alternative forms

• hôpitalier (nonstandard, in the sense of “hospital”)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French hospitalier, derived from hospital (whence modern hôpital) + -ier, in part after Medieval Latin hospitalarius. As a more learned word, the adjective failed to undergo the native phonetic development as seen in the underlying noun.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔs.pi.ta.lje/

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Adjective

hospitalier (feminine hospitalière, masculine plural hospitaliers, feminine plural hospitalières)

1. (relational) hospital
2. hospitable

   Antonym: inhospitalier

Derived terms

• avoir la cuisse hospitalière
• centre hospitalier

Related terms

• hospice
• hospitalité

Noun

hospitalier m (plural hospitaliers)

1. hospitaler

Further reading

• “hospitalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• héliportais

Middle English

Noun

hospitalier

1. Alternative form of hospiteler