# hostel
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Obsolete from the 16th to 18th centuries, until it was revived by Walter Scott.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈhɑstəl/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɒstəl/
* Homophone: hostile (one pronunciation)
* Rhymes: -ɒstəl

### Noun

hostel (plural hostels)
* A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
    A rundown hostel
* (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
* (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
** 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:There are also in Oxford certeine hostels or hals, which may rightwell be called by the names of colleges , if it were not that there is more libertie in them , than is to be seen in the other
* (South Africa, South Asia) A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:lodging place

#### Derived terms

* bail hostel
* hosteler, hosteller
* hostelry
* probation hostel
* youth hostel

#### Related terms

* host
* hostler
* hotel

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: हॉस्टल (hŏsṭal)
* → Japanese: ホステル (hosuteru)
* → Korean: 호스텔 (hoseutel)
* → Oromo: hosteela

#### Translations

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#### See also

* hospice

### Verb

hostel (third-person singular simple present hostels, present participle hosteling or hostelling, simple past and past participle hosteled or hostelled)
* (intransitive) To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
* (transitive) To lodge (a person) in a hostel.

### Anagrams

* shotel, Tholes, Esholt, s—thole, Holste, hôtels, helots, tholes, Lhotse, hotels, loseth, Holtes, s--thole, s**thole

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦostl̩]
* IPA: [ˈɦostɛl]

### Noun

hostel m inan
* hostel

#### Related terms

* host m

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈhostəl/ [ˈhos.t̪əl]
* Rhymes: -ostəl
* Syllabification: hos‧tel

### Noun

hostel (plural hostel-hostel)
* hostel

#### Derived terms

* berhostel
* hostel remaja

### Further reading

* “hostel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French hostel, ostel, from Latin hospitāle. Doublet of hospital.

#### Alternative forms

* hostele, hostell, hostelle, hostil, ostel, ostell, osteyl

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔsˈtɛːl/, /ɔsˈtɛl/, /ˈɔstɛl/

#### Noun

hostel (plural hosteles)
* A hostel or guesthouse; accommodation.
* Fun or diversion; entertaining activities.
* A dwelling or house; a place of residence.
* A household; a domestic establishment.
* The owner or manager of a hostel.

##### Related terms

* hostelen
* hostelerie
* hostiler

##### Descendants

* English: hostel
* Scots: hostel
* → Middle Cornish: ostel
** Cornish: ostel

##### References

* “hostē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-07.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

hostel
* Alternative form of hostelen

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French ostel.

### Noun

hostel m (plural hostels)
* shelter; living quarters; place to stay
* hotel; hostel; inn (establishment offering rooms for hire)

#### Derived terms

* maistre d'hostel

#### Descendants

* French: hôtel (see there for further descendants)

## Old French
### Noun

hostel oblique singular, m (oblique plural hosteaus or hosteax or hostiaus or hostiax or hostels, nominative singular hosteaus or hosteax or hostiaus or hostiax or hostels, nominative plural hostel)
* Alternative form of ostel

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hostel. Doublet of hotel and szpital.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxɔs.tɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔstɛl
* Syllabification: hos‧tel

### Noun

hostel m inan (diminutive hostelik)
* hostel (a commercial overnight lodging place)
* hostel (a temporary refuge)
    Synonym: schronisko

#### Derived terms

* hostelowy

### Further reading

* hostel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hostel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hostel.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɔs.tew/ [ˈhɔs.teʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɔs.tew/ [ˈhɔs.teʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁɔʃ.tew/ [ˈχɔʃ.teʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔʃ.tɛl/ [ˈɔʃ.tɛɫ], /ɔʃˈtɛl/ [ɔʃˈtɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔʃ.tɛl/ [ˈɔʃ.tɛɫ], /ɔʃˈtɛl/ [ɔʃˈtɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɔʃ.tɛl/ [ˈɔʃ.tɛɫ], /ɔʃˈtɛ.li/

### Noun

hostel m (plural hostels)
* hostel
    Synonym: albergue

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English hostel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /osˈtel/ [osˈt̪el]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: hos‧tel

### Noun

hostel m (plural hosteles)
* hostel