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hoster
hoster
English
Noun
hoster (plural hosters)
- (computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.
- Make sure your hoster provides fast FTP access to your files.
Synonyms
- hosting company
- web host, webhost
Derived terms
- web hoster, webhoster
Translations
Old French
Etymology
See oster. The h is unetymological (no h in the original Latin obstō).
Verb
hoster
- Alternative form of oster
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of hoster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hoster | avoir hosté | |||||
| gerund | en hostant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | hostant | ||||||
| past participle | hosté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | host | hostes | hoste | hostons | hostez | hostent |
| imperfect | hostoie, hosteie, hostoe, hosteve | hostoies, hosteies, hostoes, hosteves | hostoit, hosteit, hostot, hosteve | hostiiens, hostiens | hostiiez, hostiez | hostoient, hosteient, hostoent, hostevent | |
| preterite | hostai | hostas | hosta | hostames | hostastes | hosterent | |
| future | hosterai | hosteras | hostera | hosterons | hosteroiz, hostereiz, hosterez | hosteront | |
| conditional | hosteroie, hostereie | hosteroies, hostereies | hosteroit, hostereit | hosteriiens, hosteriens | hosteriiez, hosteriez | hosteroient, hostereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | host | hoz | host | hostons | hostez | hostent |
| imperfect | hostasse | hostasses | hostast | hostissons, hostissiens | hostissoiz, hostissez, hostissiez | hostassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | hoste | — | hostons | hostez | — | ||