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hoste
hoste
Catalan
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin hospes, hospitem. Cognates include French hôte, Old French oste.
Noun
hoste m (plural hostes)
Usage notes
- Hoste is used for a guest who stays overnight, who is lodged for free. For a guest who does not stay overnight (eg, a dinner guest), see convidat.
Related terms
- hostal m
- hostessa f
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hósti (“a cough”), hósta (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *kwas- (“to cough”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːstə/, [ˈhoːsd̥ə]
Noun
hoste c (singular definite hosten, not used in plural form)
Verb
hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)
- cough (push air from the lungs)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hovstə/, [ˈhɔwsd̥e]
Verb
hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hósti (onomatopoeia).
Noun
hoste m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)
- (onomatopoeia) a cough
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hósta (sense 1), and English host (sense 2).
Verb
hoste (imperative host, present tense hoster, passive hostes, simple past and past participle hosta or hostet, present participle hostende)
- (onomatopoeia) to cough
- (computing) to host
References
- “hoste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /os.tə/
Noun
hoste m (oblique plural hostes, nominative singular hostes, nominative plural hoste)
- Alternative form of oste
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese oste (“host, army”), from Latin hostis (“an enemy of the state”), from Proto-Italic *hostis (“stranger, guest”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔʃ.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: hos‧te
Noun
hoste f (plural hostes)
Synonyms
- (mass of people): horda