hospitable

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/ UK /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #22152

Meanings

1

adj
Friendly and generous toward guests and visitors.

Our hosts were warm and hospitable throughout our stay.
2

adj
Providing good conditions for life or growth.

The desert is not a hospitable place for most plants.
3

adj
Open and willing to consider new ideas.

The committee was hospitable to new suggestions.

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Synonyms

1 adj · friendly and generous... guestfriendly

More habitable inhabitable livabletenantable

Opposites

uninhabitable

Word family

Forms hospitably

Derived forms hospitablenesshospitablyunhospitable

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Phrases (1)

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hospitable environment
Surrounding conditions that favor life, growth, or successful activity.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).

hospitable Middle French hospitare Latin

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# hospitable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/
**IPA (UK):** /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 22152

## Meanings
1. Friendly and generous toward guests and visitors.
2. Providing good conditions for life or growth.
3. Open and willing to consider new ideas.

## Examples
- Our hosts were warm and hospitable throughout our stay.
- The desert is not a hospitable place for most plants.
- The committee was hospitable to new suggestions.

## Synonyms
- habitable
- inhabitable
- livable
- tenantable

## Antonyms
- uninhabitable

## Derived Forms
- hospitableness
- hospitably
- unhospitable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hospitable
- Root: hospitare

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).

## AI Etymology
Hospitable is borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Friendly and generous toward guests and visitors” and “Providing good conditions for life or growth”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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