hospitable

hospitable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɒsˈpɪtəbəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able.

Adjective

hospitable (comparative more hospitable, superlative most hospitable)

1. cordial and generous towards guests

   Synonym: guestfriendly

2. receptive and open-minded
3. favorable

Translations

cordial and generous towards guests

Armenian: հյուրընկալ (hy) (hyurənkal), հյուրասեր (hy) (hyuraser) Bashkir: ҡунаҡсыл (qunaqsïl) Belarusian: гасці́нны (hascínny) Bulgarian: гостоприемен (bg) (gostopriemen) Chinese: Cantonese: 好客 (hou3 haak3) Mandarin: 好客 (zh) (hàokè) Min Nan: 好客 (hòⁿ-kheh) Czech: pohostinný m Danish: gæstfri Dutch: gastvrij (nl) Esperanto: gastama Finnish: vieraanvarainen (fi) French: hospitalier (fr) Georgian: სტუმართმოყვარე (sṭumartmoq̇vare) სტუმართმოყვარული (sṭumartmoq̇varuli) German: gastfreundlich (de) Greek: Ancient Greek: φιλόξενος (philóxenos) Hebrew: מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים‎ (makhnís-'or'khím) Hungarian: vendégszerető (hu)

Icelandic: gestrisinn Interlingua: hospital Irish: aíoch, aíochtach, iostasach, gartach (literary) Italian: ospitale (it) Japanese: もてなしのよい (motenashi no yoi) Latin: hospitālis Maori: whakamanuhiri, marae, manaaki Norwegian: gjestfri Old English: cumlīþe, ġiestlīþe Polish: gościnny (pl) Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt) Russian: гостеприи́мный (ru) (gostepriímnyj), раду́шный (ru) (radúšnyj) Slovak: pohostinný Spanish: hospitalario Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: misafirperver (tr) Ukrainian: гости́нний (hostýnnyj) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: מכניס־אורחים‎ (makhnis-orkhim), גאַסטפֿרײַנדלעך‎ (gastfrayndlekh)

receptive and open-minded

Portuguese: hospitaleiro (pt)

Russian: откры́тый (ru) (otkrýtyj), непредвзя́тый (ru) (nepredvzjátyj), непредубеждённый (ru) (nepredubeždjónnyj)