hospital

See also: Hospital and hôpital

hospital - English

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Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/

Noun

hospital (plural hospitals)

  1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
    • Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.
      (UK)
    • Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.
      (US)
  2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  3. (obsolete) A place of lodging.

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Translations

Adjective

hospital (comparative more hospital, superlative most hospital)

  1. (obsolete) Hospitable.

hospital - Asturian

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitales)

  1. hospital (building)

hospital - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA: /os.piˈtal/
  • (Central) IPA: /us.piˈtal/

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitals)

  1. hospital

Derived terms

hospital - Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: os‧pi‧tal

Noun

hospital

  1. a hospital; a large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment

Synonyms

hospital - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɔspitaːl/, [hɔsb̥iˈtˢæːˀl] or IPA: /hospitaːl/, [hosb̥iˈtˢæːˀl]

Noun

hospital n (singular definite hospitalet, plural indefinite hospitaler)

  1. hospital

Inflection

neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hospital hospitalet hospitaler hospitalerne
genitive hospitals hospitalets hospitalers hospitalernes

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hospital - French

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitaux)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hôpital

hospital - Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔspiˈtal/

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitais)

  1. hospital
    • Foi visitar un enfermo ao hospital. Un hospital privado.
      • (please add an English translation of this usage example)

hospital - Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hos.piˈtal/

Adjective

hospital (comparative plus hospital, superlative le plus hospital)

  1. hospitable

Noun

hospital (plural hospitales)

  1. hospital

hospital - Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɔspital/

Noun

hospital (Jawi spelling هوسڤيتل, plural hospital-hospital, informal 1st possessive hospitalku, 2nd possessive hospitalmu, 3rd possessive hospitalnya)

  1. hospital (building)

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hospital - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔspiˈtaːl/, /ˈɔspital/

Noun

hospital (plural hospitals)

  1. A hostel or guesthouse; a place of accommodation or lodging.
  2. A shelter for the poor, ill or otherwise needy.
  3. A place of refuge; a retreat or redoubt.
  4. The Knights Hospitaller (a religious order)

Descendants

Adjective

hospital

  1. hospitable

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hospital - Middle French

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitaulx)

  1. hospital (medical)

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hospital - Old French

Noun

hospital m (oblique plural hospitaus or hospitax or hospitals, nominative singular hospitaus or hospitax or hospitals, nominative plural hospital)

  1. hospital (medical)

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Adjective

hospital m (oblique and nominative feminine singular hospitale)

  1. hospitable; welcoming

Declension

Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject hospitals, hospitaus hospitale hospital
Oblique hospital hospitale hospital
Plural Subject hospital hospitales hospital
Oblique hospitals, hospitaus hospitales hospital

hospital - Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /us.piˈtal/

Noun

hospital m (oblique plural hospitals, nominative singular hospitals, nominative plural hospital)

  1. hospital
  2. One of several religious orders.

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hospital - Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA: /os.piˈtaw/ [os.piˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ɔʃ.piˈtal/ [ɔʃ.piˈtaɫ]
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ɔs.piˈtaw/
  • Hyphenation: hos‧pi‧tal

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitais)

  1. hospital

Derived terms

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hospital - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ospiˈtal/ [os.piˈt̪al]
  • Syllabification: hos‧pi‧tal

Noun

hospital m (plural hospitales)

  1. hospital

Derived terms

Descendants

hospital - Swedish

Noun

hospital n

  1. (archaic, 11th century) lodging for travelers
  2. (archaic, middle age) leprosarium; care facility for the leprous
  3. (archaic, 15th century) care facility for the elderly, disabled, and sick
    • Synonym: helgeandshus
  4. (archaic, 19th century) mental hospital

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