hospice B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction 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. Thesaurus Word family Forms hospices Derived forms nonhospice Related forms hospitablehospital Etymology AI details Borrowed from French hospice, from Old French hospise, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality, an inn”). Doublet of hospitium. hospice French hospise Old French hospitium Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Space, Position & Direction markdown