English

Noun

hostel ‎(plural hostels)

1. A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel
2. (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food
3. (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.

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Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Derived terms

• hosteler, hosteller
• hostelry
• youth hostel

Related terms

• host
• hostler
• hotel

Translations

Verb

hostel ‎(third-person singular simple present hostels, present participle hosteling or hostelling, simple past and past participle hosteled or hostelled)

1. to stay in a hostel as part of a travel

Anagrams

• helots, hotels, Lhotse, loseth, tholes

Czech

Noun

hostel m

1. hostel

Declension

Related terms

• host m

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ostel

Noun

hostel m (plural hostels)

1. shelter; living quarters; place to stay
2. hotel; hostel; inn (establishment offering rooms for hire)

Derived terms

• maistre d'hostel

Descendants

• French: hôtel
  • English: hotel
• English: hostel

Old French

Noun

hostel 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)

1. Alternative form of ostel

Polish

Noun

hostel m inan

1. hostel

Declension

Spanish

Noun

hostel m ‎(plural hostels)

1. hostel