hosto

Basque

Etymology

From orri (“leaf”) +‎ -tzo (“(diminutive)”). Dialectal forms show the sequence -rst-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hos̺to/ [hos̺.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /os̺to/ [os̺.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -os̺to, -o
• Hyphenation: hos‧to

Noun

hosto inan

1. (informal) leaf

   Synonym: orri

Declension

Declension of hosto (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	hosto	hostoa	hostoak
ergative	hostok	hostoak	hostoek
dative	hostori	hostoari	hostoei
genitive	hostoren	hostoaren	hostoen
comitative	hostorekin	hostoarekin	hostoekin
causative	hostorengatik	hostoarengatik	hostoengatik
benefactive	hostorentzat	hostoarentzat	hostoentzat
instrumental	hostoz	hostoaz	hostoez
inessive	hostotan	hostoan	hostoetan
locative	hostotako	hostoko	hostoetako
allative	hostotara	hostora	hostoetara
terminative	hostotaraino	hostoraino	hostoetaraino
directive	hostotarantz	hostorantz	hostoetarantz
destinative	hostotarako	hostorako	hostoetarako
ablative	hostotatik	hostotik	hostoetatik
partitive	hostorik	—	—
prolative	hostotzat	—	—

References

• “hosto” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

• “hosto”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “hosto”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

French

Alternative forms

• hosteau, hostau, hôsto (less common or dated spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from a regional language of France, ultimately from Latin hospitālis. Doublet of hôtel.

First documented as soldiers' slang in 1915. The army provided an environment ripe for this sort of borrowing, as it had brought together conscripts from across the country.

The spelling with ⟨eau⟩ is original. Modern speakers prefer ⟨o⟩ as the word has effectively been 'adopted' as the o-clipping of hôpital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔs.to/

Noun

hosto m (plural hostos) (informal)

1. hospital

   Il a été transporté d’urgence à l’hosto. ― He was rushed to (the) hospital.

2. (dated) lodging
3. (dated) abode

References

• Sainean, Laizare. 1915. L'argot des tranchées d'après les lettres des poilus et les journaux du front. Paris: Éditions de Boccard. Page 149.

Further reading

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

Slovene

Noun

hósto

1. accusative/instrumental singular of họ̑sta