noun · neuterthird declension
hospitāle
hospitāle n (genitive hospitālis)
Meaning
- a guestroom
- in plurallodgings, a guesthouse or inn
- Late Latinin pluraloftena shelter for the poor; a hospice for travellers or the sick (in monasteries)
- Late LatinMedieval Latinin pluraloftenUsed in proper nouns designating hospitals belonging to knightly or monastic orders.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hospitāle | hospitālia |
| genitive | hospitālis | hospitālium |
| dative | hospitālī | hospitālibus |
| accusative | hospitāle | hospitālia |
| ablative | hospitālī | hospitālibus |
| vocative | hospitāle | hospitālia |
Origins
Nominalisation of the adjective under Etymology 1.
Elsewhere
- Catalanhospital
- Englishspitalfrom Middle English spitel
- Englishspittlefrom Middle English spitel
- Frenchhôpitalfrom Old French hospital
- Englishhospitalfrom Old French hospital
- GermanSpitalfrom Old High German *hospitāl
- Romanianspitalfrom Old High German *hospitāl
- Romanianșpitalfrom Old High German *hospitāl
- Romanianospitalfrom Old High German *hospitāl
- GermanHospitalfrom Old High German *hospitāl
Occitano-Romance
- Catalanhostal
- Occitanostalfrom Old Occitan ostal
- Occitanostaufrom Old Occitan ostal
- Spanishhostalfrom Old Occitan ostal
West Iberian
- Portuguesehospitalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese espital
- Portuguesehospedal
- Falahospitalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese espital
- Galicianhospitalfrom Old Galician-Portuguese espital
- Asturianhespital
Italo-Romance
- Italianospedale
- Corsicanospidale
- Sicilianspitali
Dalmatian
- Istriotuspadal
North Italian
- Friulianospedâl
- Ligurianuspiâ
- Piedmonteseospial
- Sammarineseuspidêlfrom Romagnol sbdêl
- Romanshospital
- Cimbrianospedàlfrom Venetan ospedal
Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalhostâl
- Old Frenchostel
In English words that came into English from hospitāle
- hostelhospitāle
- hostlerhostilārius
- spitalhospitāle