hospitality

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or provided to visitors by a private host.

Opposite of
inhospitality
Synonyms

entertainment
B2
welcome
A1
cordiality

warm reception

service
A2
friendliness
47k
reception
B2
heartiness
dearness
kind
A1
kindness
B2
nearness

preferential treatment

warmth
C1
xenia
39k

cordial reception

goodwill
C2
gracious
C1
amiable
32k
honour
B1
hospitable
22k
hospitableness
hosting
C2
intimate
C1

warm welcome

appearance
B2

kind treatment

favorable treatment

cordial
22k
regard
C1
sake
A2
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conviviality
taste
B1
tenderness
C2
treatment
B1

good treatment

benevolence
28k

hearty welcome

air
A2

cordial welcome

familiar
B1
favor
A2
favour
B2

favourable treatment

elegance
C2
generosity
C1
geniality
Translations

hospitalité
hospitalidad
ospitalità
hospitalidade
gastvrijheid
Gastfreundschaft
hospitalitas
Gastfreundlichkeit
Gastlichkeit
Bewirtung

konukseverlik

φιλοξενία

hospitalitat
misafirperverlik
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɑs.pɪˈtæl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
hospitalite
In summary

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”).

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