hostal

From Old Catalan hostal, from Late Latin hospitāle (“shelter, hospice, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“of a host or guest; hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). First attested in the 13th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [usˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [osˈtal]
• Hyphenation: hos‧tal

hostal m (plural hostals)

1. boarding house; cheap hotel

• “hostal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “hostal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “hostal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old Spanish ostal, hostal, borrowed from Old Occitan ostal,^[1] from Late Latin hospitāle (“shelter, hospice, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“of a host or guest; hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hospital and hotel.

• IPA^(key): /osˈtal/ [osˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: hos‧tal

hostal m (plural hostales)

1. hostel; cheap hotel

   Synonym: albergue

• “hostal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024