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hoste

hoste

See also: hôte and høste

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin hospes, hospitem. Cognates include French hôte, Old French oste.

Noun

hoste m (plural hostes)

  1. guest

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.

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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)

  1. cough

Verb

hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)

  1. cough (push air from the lungs)

Etymology 2

From English host.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hovstə/, [ˈhɔwsd̥e]

Verb

hoste (imperative host, infinitive at hoste, present tense hoster, past tense hostede, perfect tense har hostet)

  1. (computing, Internet) to host websites

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hoste

  1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of hossen

French

Noun

hoste m (plural hostes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hôte

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Galician

Noun

hoste f (plural hostes)

  1. host, horde
  2. army

Latin

Noun

hoste

  1. ablative singular of hostis

Middle English

Noun

hoste (plural hostes)

  1. host

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Middle French

Noun

hoste m (plural hostes)

  1. host

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hósti (onomatopoeia).

Noun

hoste m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)

  1. (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)

  1. (onomatopoeia) to cough
  2. (computing) to host

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Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /os.tə/

Noun

hoste m (oblique plural hostes, nominative singular hostes, nominative plural hoste)

  1. 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)

  1. host; army; military troop
  2. herd (a mass of people)

Synonyms

  • (mass of people): horda

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