hospital

A1 Topic:Health & Medicine

Also spelled ospital

US /ˈhɑs.pɪ.tl̩/ UK /ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #618

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noun
A place where sick or injured people are treated by doctors and nurses.

An ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.

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1 noun · a place where sick or... infirmary

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Forms hosphospitals

Derived forms antihospitalhospicentrichospitalisehospitalismhospitalisthospitalization hospitalizehospitalmanin-hospitalinterhospitalintrahospitalmultihospital

Related forms hospice hospitable hospitalityhospitallerhost

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Late Latin hospitālisbor. Old French hospitalbor. Middle English hospital English hospital From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).

hospital Middle English hospitālis Latin

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# hospital

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɑs.pɪ.tl̩/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 618

## Meanings
1. A place where sick or injured people are treated by doctors and nurses.

## Examples
- An ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.

## Synonyms
- sickhouse

## Derived Forms
- antihospital
- hospicentric
- hospitalise
- hospitalism
- hospitalist
- hospitalization
- hospitalize
- hospitalman
- in-hospital
- interhospital
- intrahospital
- multihospital

## Related Forms
- hospice
- hospitable
- hospitality
- hospitaller
- host

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hospital
- Root: hospitālis

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis Late Latin hospitālisbor. Old French hospitalbor. Middle English hospital English hospital From Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”).

## AI Etymology
Hospital comes from Middle English hospital, hospitall, from Old French hospital (Modern French hôpital), from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), from noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). Doublet of hotel and hostel. Displaced native Middle English lechehous, from Old English lǣċehūs (literally “doctor house”). The historical chain runs through Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis, Late Latin hospitālis, Old French hospita, Middle English hospital, and English hospital. In current use, the main sense is “A place where sick or injured people are treated by doctors and nurses”.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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