hospitalier
French
Alternative forms
- hôpitalier (nonstandard, in the sense of “hospital”)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French hospitalier, derived from hospital (whence modern hôpital) + -ier, in part after Medieval Latin hospitalarius. As a more learned word, the adjective failed to undergo the native phonetic development as seen in the underlying noun.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔs.pi.ta.lje/
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Adjective
hospitalier (feminine hospitalière, masculine plural hospitaliers, feminine plural hospitalières)
- (relational) hospital
- hospitable
- Antonym: inhospitalier
Derived terms
- avoir la cuisse hospitalière
- centre hospitalier
Related terms
Noun
hospitalier m (plural hospitaliers)
References
Further reading
- “hospitalier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
hospitalier
- alternative form of hospiteler