hospital

Meaning

Noun

1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
3. (obsolete) A place of lodging.

Adj

Hospitable.

Synonyms

clinic

dispensary

infirmary

medical

sanatorium

sanitary

health resort

hygienic

intimate

kind

lazaretto

medical clinic

medical institution

military

military hospital

nursing home

stationary

tender

ward

health center

Hosp.

medical center

amiable

permanent establishment

cordial

familiar

friendly

gracious

health centre

Translations

hôpital

🏥

Krankenhaus

🏥

hospital

🏥

ziekenhuis

🏥

hospitaal

🏥

Hospital

hastane

🏥

gasthuis

🏥

Spital

🏥

Klinik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hospital

Cognate with French: hôpital

In summary

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”).

Sentences

The ambulance drove quickly to the hospital .

When he was in hospital , the nurse took an x-ray photograph of his arm .