hospitable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/, /ˈhɑspɪtəbl̩/
• Hyphenation: hos‧pit‧a‧ble

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Adjective

hospitable (comparative more hospitable, superlative most hospitable)

1. cordial and generous towards guests

   Synonym: guestfriendly

   hospitable family

2. receptive and open-minded
3. favorable
4. favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.

Synonyms

• habitable
• inhabitable
• livable
• tenantable

Antonyms

• uninhabitable

Translations

cordial and generous towards guests

Armenian: հյուրընկալ (hy) (hyurənkal), հյուրասեր (hy) (hyuraser) Azerbaijani: qonaqsevər, qonaqcıl Bashkir: ҡунаҡсыл (qunaqsıl) Belarusian: гасці́нны (hascínny) Bulgarian: гостоприемен (bg) (gostopriemen) Chinese: Cantonese: 好客 (hou3 haak3) Hokkien: 好客 (hòⁿ-kheh) Mandarin: 好客 (zh) (hàokè) Czech: pohostinný m Danish: gæstfri Dutch: gastvrij (nl) Esperanto: gastama Finnish: vieraanvarainen (fi) French: hospitalier (fr) Georgian: სტუმართმოყვარე (sṭumartmoq̇vare) სტუმართმოყვარული (sṭumartmoq̇varuli) German: gastfreundlich (de), gastfrei (de) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gastigōþs) Greek: φιλόξενος (el) (filóxenos) Ancient: φιλόξενος (philóxenos) Hebrew: מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים (makhnís-'or'khím) Hungarian: vendégszerető (hu) Icelandic: gestrisinn Interlingua: hospital (ia) Irish: aíoch, aíochtach, iostasach, gartach (literary) Italian: ospitale (it) Japanese: もてなしのよい (motenashi no yoi) Latin: hospitālis Latvian: viesmīlīgs Maori: whakamanuhiri, marae, manaaki Norwegian: gjestfri Old English: cumlīþe, ġiestlīþe Polish: gościnny (pl) Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt) Russian: гостеприи́мный (ru) (gostepriímnyj), раду́шный (ru) (radúšnyj) Serbo-Croatian: gostoljùbiv (sh) Slovak: pohostinný Spanish: hospitalario Swedish: gästfri (sv), gästvänlig (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: misafirperver (tr) Ukrainian: гости́нний (hostýnnyj) Vietnamese: hiếu khách, lịch thiệp (vi) Yiddish: מכניס־אורחים (makhnis-orkhim), גאַסטפֿרײַנדלעך (gastfrayndlekh)

receptive and open-minded

Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt) Russian: откры́тый (ru) (otkrýtyj), непредвзя́тый (ru) (nepredvzjátyj), непредубеждённый (ru) (nepredubeždjónnyj) Ukrainian: сприйнятливий (spryynyatlyvyy)