homestay

homestay

English

Etymology

home +‎ stay, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ホームステイ (hōmusutei).[1]

Noun

homestay (plural homestays)

1. A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.
2. A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 寄宿家庭 (jìsù jiātíng) Finnish: kotimajoitus German: Homestay n Hungarian: családnál való/történő elhelyezés Japanese: ホームステイ (hōmusutei) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 홈스테이 (homseutei) Malay: inap desa Russian: прожива́ние в семье́ n (proživánije v semʹjé), хо́умстей m (xóumstej), хоумсте́й m (xoumstéj) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Thai: โฮมสเตย์ (hoom-sà-dtee) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

1. Cannon, Garland (2000) The Innovative Attraction of English‎, Associated University Presses, →ISBN, page 237