hospice

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈhɑspɪs/ UK /ˈhɒspɪs/ See IPA manual

Freq #18285

Meanings

1

noun
A place that cares for people who are dying, keeping them comfortable.

Her grandmother spent her final weeks in a hospice.
2

noun
Special care given to dying patients to ease their pain and support their families.

The family chose hospice care so she could remain comfortable at home.

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Word family

Forms hospices

Derived forms nonhospice

Related forms hospitable hospital

Etymology

Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.

hospice French hospise Old French hospitium Latin

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# hospice

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɑspɪs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhɒspɪs/
**Frequency rank:** 18285

## Meanings
1. A place that cares for people who are dying, keeping them comfortable.
2. Special care given to dying patients to ease their pain and support their families.

## Examples
- Her grandmother spent her final weeks in a hospice.
- The family chose hospice care so she could remain comfortable at home.

## Derived Forms
- nonhospice

## Related Forms
- hospitable
- hospital

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hospice
- Root: hospise
- Root: hospitium

## Etymology
Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium.

## AI Etymology
Hospice is borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium. In current use, the main senses are “A place that cares for people who are dying, keeping them comfortable” and “Special care given to dying patients to ease their pain and support their families”.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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