hospitable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/
(General American) IPA^(key): /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/, /ˈhɑspɪtəbl̩/
Hyphenation: hos‧pit‧a‧ble
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Adjective

hospitable (comparative more hospitable, superlative most hospitable)

cordial and generous towards guests
Synonym: guestfriendly

hospitable family
receptive and open-minded
favorable
favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.

Synonyms

Antonyms

uninhabitable

Translations

cordial and generous towards guests

Armenian: հյուրընկալ (hy) (hyurənkal), հյուրասեր (hy) (hyuraser)
Azerbaijani: qonaqsevər, qonaqcıl
Bashkir: ҡунаҡсыл (qunaqsıl)
Belarusian: гасці́нны (hascínny)
Bulgarian: гостоприемен (bg) (gostopriemen)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 好客 (hou³ haak³)

Hokkien: 好客 (hòⁿ-kheh)

Mandarin: 好客 (zh) (hàokè)
Czech: pohostinný m
Danish: gæstfri
Dutch: gastvrij (nl)
Esperanto: gastama
Finnish: vieraanvarainen (fi)
French: hospitalier (fr)
Georgian: სტუმართმოყვარე (sṭumartmoq̇vare) სტუმართმოყვარული (sṭumartmoq̇varuli)
German: gastfreundlich (de), gastfrei (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gastigōþs)
Greek: φιλόξενος (el) (filóxenos)
Ancient: φιλόξενος (philóxenos)
Hebrew: מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים (makhnís-'or'khím)
Hungarian: vendégszerető (hu)
Icelandic: gestrisinn
Interlingua: hospital (ia)
Irish: aíoch, aíochtach, iostasach, gartach (literary)
Italian: ospitale (it)
Japanese: もてなしのよい (motenashi no yoi)
Latin: hospitālis
Latvian: viesmīlīgs
Maori: whakamanuhiri, marae, manaaki
Norwegian: gjestfri
Old English: cumlīþe, ġiestlīþe
Polish: gościnny (pl)
Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt)
Russian: гостеприи́мный (ru) (gostepriímnyj), раду́шный (ru) (radúšnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: gostoljùbiv (sh)
Slovak: pohostinný
Spanish: hospitalario
Swedish: gästfri (sv), gästvänlig (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: misafirperver (tr)
Ukrainian: гости́нний (hostýnnyj)
Vietnamese: hiếu khách, lịch thiệp (vi)
Yiddish: מכניס־אורחים (makhnis-orkhim), גאַסטפֿרײַנדלעך (gastfrayndlekh)

receptive and open-minded

Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt)
Russian: откры́тый (ru) (otkrýtyj), непредвзя́тый (ru) (nepredvzjátyj), непредубеждённый (ru) (nepredubeždjónnyj)
Ukrainian: сприйнятливий (spryynyatlyvyy)

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