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Webster 1913 Edition


Hospital

Hos′pi-tal

,
Noun.
[OF.
hospital
,
ospital
, F.
hôpital
, LL.
hospitale
(or perh. E.
hospital
is directly from the Late Latin), from L.
hospitalis
relating to a guest,
hospitalia
apartments for guests, fr.
hospes
guest. See
Host
a landlord, and cf.
Hostel
,
Hotel
,
Spital
.]
1.
A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.
Hospital ship
,
a vessel fitted up for a floating hospital.
Hospital Sunday
,
a Sunday set apart for simultaneous contribution in churches to hospitals; as, the London Hospital Sunday.

Hos′pi-tal

,
Adj.
[L.
hospitalis
: cf. OF.
hospital
.]
Hospitable.
[Obs.]
Howell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hospital

HOS'PITAL

,
Noun.
[L. hospitalis, supra.]
1.
A building appropriated for the reception of sick,infirm and helpless paupers,who are supported and nursed by charity; also, a house for the reception of insane persons, whether paupers or not, or for seamen, soldiers, foundlings, &c. who are supported by the public, or by private charity, or for infected persons, &c.
2.
A place for shelter or entertainment.

HOS'PITAL

,
Adj.
Hospitable. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


Hospital

Hospital

See also: hospital and hôpital

German

Noun

Hospital n (genitive Hospitals, plural Hospitäler)

  1. (literary, dated) Alternative form of Spital

hospital

hospital

See also: Hospital and hôpital

English

A room in a hospital.

Noun

hospital (plural hospitals)

  1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
    Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital. (UK)
    Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital. (US)
  2. A building founded for the long term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  3. (obsolete) A place of lodging.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
      they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale, / They thither marcht [...].

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Adjective

hospital (comparative more hospital, superlative most hospital)

  1. (obsolete) Hospitable.
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Asturian

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitales)

  1. hospital (building)

Catalan

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitals)

  1. hospital

Danish

Etymology

From Latin hospitāle (hospital, guesthouse), from the neuter form of hospitālis (hospitable), from hospes (host, guest, stranger).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔspitaːl/, [hɔsb̥iˈtˢæːˀl] or IPA(key): /hospitaːl/, [hosb̥iˈtˢæːˀl]

Noun

hospital n (singular definite hospitalet, plural indefinite hospitaler)

  1. hospital

Synonyms

  • sygehus n

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French

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitaux)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hôpital

Galician

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitais)

  1. hospital

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hos.piˈtal/

Adjective

hospital (comparative plus hospital, superlative le plus hospital)

  1. hospitable

Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from English hospital, from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔspital/
  • Rhymes: -ital, -tal, -al

Noun

hospital (plural hospital-hospital)

  1. hospital (building)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Latin hospitālis (hospitable), from hospes (host, guest).

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitaulx)

  1. hospital (medical)

Descendants


Old French

Etymology

From Latin hospitālis (hospitable), from hospes (host, guest)

Noun

hospital m (oblique plural hospitaus or hospitax or hospitals, nominative singular hospitaus or hospitax or hospitals, nominative plural hospital)

  1. hospital (medical)

Descendants

Adjective

hospital m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hospitale)

  1. hospitable; welcoming

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese hospital, espital, spital, from Latin hospitālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔʃ.piˈtaɫ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /os.piˈtaw/
  • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitais)

  1. hospital

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hospitale.

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitales)

  1. hospital

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Swedish

Noun

hospital n

  1. (archaic, 19th century) mental hospital

Declension

Inflection of hospital 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hospital hospitalet hospital hospitalen
Genitive hospitals hospitalets hospitals hospitalens