hospitable

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɒsˈpɪtəbəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able.

Adjective

hospitable (comparative more hospitable, superlative most hospitable)

cordial and generous towards guests
Synonym: guestfriendly
receptive and open-minded
favorable

Translations

cordial and generous towards guests

Armenian: հյուրընկալ (hy) (hyurənkal), հյուրասեր (hy) (hyuraser)
Bashkir: ҡунаҡсыл (qunaqsïl)
Belarusian: гасці́нны (hascínny)
Bulgarian: гостоприемен (bg) (gostopriemen)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 好客 (hou³ haak³)

Mandarin: 好客 (zh) (hàokè)

Min Nan: 好客 (hòⁿ-kheh)
Czech: pohostinný m
Danish: gæstfri
Dutch: gastvrij (nl)
Esperanto: gastama
Finnish: vieraanvarainen (fi)
French: hospitalier (fr)
Georgian: სტუმართმოყვარე (sṭumartmoq̇vare) სტუმართმოყვარული (sṭumartmoq̇varuli)
German: gastfreundlich (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: φιλόξενος (philóxenos)
Hebrew: מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים‎ (makhnís-'or'khím)
Hungarian: vendégszerető (hu)

Icelandic: gestrisinn
Interlingua: hospital
Irish: aíoch, aíochtach, iostasach, gartach (literary)
Italian: ospitale (it)
Japanese: もてなしのよい (motenashi no yoi)
Latin: hospitālis
Maori: whakamanuhiri, marae, manaaki
Norwegian: gjestfri
Old English: cumlīþe, ġiestlīþe
Polish: gościnny (pl)
Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt)
Russian: гостеприи́мный (ru) (gostepriímnyj), раду́шный (ru) (radúšnyj)
Slovak: pohostinný
Spanish: hospitalario
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: misafirperver (tr)
Ukrainian: гости́нний (hostýnnyj)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: מכניס־אורחים‎ (makhnis-orkhim), גאַסטפֿרײַנדלעך‎ (gastfrayndlekh)

receptive and open-minded

Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt)

Russian: откры́тый (ru) (otkrýtyj), непредвзя́тый (ru) (nepredvzjátyj), непредубеждённый (ru) (nepredubeždjónnyj)

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