hospitalier

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French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔs.pi.ta.lje/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) hospital
  2. hospitable
    Antonym: inhospitalier

Derived terms

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Noun

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hospitalier m (plural hospitaliers)

  1. hospitaler[1]

References

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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hospitalier

  1. Alternative form of hospiteler