hôte

See also: hote and hoste

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis

Proto-Indo-European *pótis

Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis

Proto-Italic *hostipotis

Latin hospes

Old French oste

Middle French hoste

French hôte

Inherited from Middle French hoste, from Old French oste, from Latin hospitem, from Proto-Italic *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, possibly corresponding to a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰóstipotis, a compound of *gʰóstis and *pótis. See also Old French ost.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ot/

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• Homophones: hôtes, ôte, ôtes, ôtent (general), haute, hautes (aspirated)

Noun

hôte m (plural hôtes, feminine hôte or hôtesse)

1. guest (one who is received)
2. host (one who receives)
3. host (being that carries a parasite)

Usage notes

• Generally the feminine is hôte when meaning “guest”, but hôtesse when meaning “host, hostess”.

Derived terms

• chambre d’hôte
• hôte de marque
• maison d’hôte
• table d’hôte

Related terms

• hôtel
• hôpital
• hospitalité

Further reading

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

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