hospitality

B2 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/ UK /ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

Freq #7861

Meanings

1

noun
Friendly and generous treatment of guests and visitors.

Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during our stay.
2

noun
The business of providing food, drink, and places to stay, such as hotels and restaurants.

After graduating, she found a job in hospitality.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · friendly and generous... cordial receptionguestfriendship

Word family

Forms hospitalitiesinhospitality

Derived forms hospononhospitalityunhospitality

Related forms hospitable hospital host

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Phrases (1)

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southern hospitality
the friendly welcome and generous treatment associated with the southern United States

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Hospitality is hospitality

Etymology

From Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (“hospitality”), from hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cumlīþnes (literally “guest gentleness”).

hospitalite Middle English hospitalité Old French hospitālitās Latin

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Topics

Health & Medicine

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# hospitality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/
**Frequency rank:** 7861

## Meanings
1. Friendly and generous treatment of guests and visitors.
2. The business of providing food, drink, and places to stay, such as hotels and restaurants.

## Examples
- Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during our stay.
- After graduating, she found a job in hospitality.

## Derived Forms
- hospo
- nonhospitality
- unhospitality

## Related Forms
- hospitable
- hospital
- host

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hospitalite
- Root: hospitalité
- Root: hospitālitās

## Etymology
From Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (“hospitality”), from hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cumlīþnes (literally “guest gentleness”).

## AI Etymology
Hospitality comes from Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospitālitās (“hospitality”), from hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cumlīþnes (literally “guest gentleness”). In current use, the main senses are “Friendly and generous treatment of guests and visitors” and “The business of providing food, drink, and places to stay, such as hotels and restaurants”.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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