hospitable

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/
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• General-American: /hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/
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• General-American: /ˈhɑspɪtəbl̩/
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Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: derëtor — cordial and generous towards guests
• Albanian: bujar — cordial and generous towards guests
• Albanian: mikpritës — cordial and generous towards guests
• Armenian: հյուրընկալ (hyurənkal) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Armenian: հյուրասեր (hyuraser) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Azerbaijani: qonaqsevər — cordial and generous towards guests
• Azerbaijani: qonaqcıl — cordial and generous towards guests
• Bashkir: ҡунаҡсыл (qunaqsıl) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Belarusian: гасці́нны (hascínny) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Bulgarian: гостоприемен (gostopriemen) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Chinese Cantonese: 好客 (hou3 haak3) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Chinese: 好客 (hòn-kheh) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Chinese Mandarin: 好客 (hàokè) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Czech: pohostinný — cordial and generous towards guests
• Danish: gæstfri — cordial and generous towards guests
• Dutch: gastvrij — cordial and generous towards guests
• Esperanto: gastama — cordial and generous towards guests
• Finnish: vieraanvarainen — cordial and generous towards guests
• French: hospitalier — cordial and generous towards guests
• Georgian: სტუმართმოყვარე სტუმართმოყვარული (sṭumartmoq̇vare) — cordial and generous towards guests
• German: gastfreundlich — cordial and generous towards guests
• German: gastfrei — cordial and generous towards guests
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gastigōþs) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Greek: φιλόξενος (filóxenos) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Ancient Greek: φιλόξενος (philóxenos) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Ancient Greek: εὔξεινος (eúxeinos) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Hebrew: מַכְנִיס אוֹרְחִים (makhnís-'or'khím) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Hungarian: vendégszerető — cordial and generous towards guests
• Icelandic: gestrisinn — cordial and generous towards guests
• Interlingua: hospital — cordial and generous towards guests
• Irish: aíoch — cordial and generous towards guests
• Irish: aíochtach — cordial and generous towards guests
• Irish: iostasach — cordial and generous towards guests
• Irish: gartach — cordial and generous towards guests
• Italian: ospitale — cordial and generous towards guests
• Japanese: もてなしのよい (motenashi no yoi) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Latin: hospitālis — cordial and generous towards guests
• Latvian: viesmīlīgs — cordial and generous towards guests
• Māori: whakamanuhiri — cordial and generous towards guests
• Māori: marae — cordial and generous towards guests
• Māori: manaaki — cordial and generous towards guests
• Norwegian: gjestfri — cordial and generous towards guests
• Old English: cumlīþe — cordial and generous towards guests
• Old English: ġiestlīþe — cordial and generous towards guests
• Polish: gościnny — cordial and generous towards guests
• Portuguese: hospitaleiro — cordial and generous towards guests
• Russian: гостеприи́мный (gostepriímnyj) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Russian: раду́шный (radúšnyj) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Serbo-Croatian: gostoljùbiv — cordial and generous towards guests
• Slovak: pohostinný — cordial and generous towards guests
• Spanish: hospitalario — cordial and generous towards guests
• Spanish: hospitable — cordial and generous towards guests
• Swedish: gästfri — cordial and generous towards guests
• Swedish: gästvänlig — cordial and generous towards guests
• Turkish: konuksever — cordial and generous towards guests
• Turkish: misafirperver — cordial and generous towards guests
• Ukrainian: гости́нний (hostýnnyj) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Vietnamese: hiếu khách — cordial and generous towards guests
• Vietnamese: lịch thiệp — cordial and generous towards guests
• Yiddish: מכניס־אורחים (makhnis-orkhim) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Yiddish: גאַסטפֿרײַנדלעך (gastfrayndlekh) — cordial and generous towards guests
• Portuguese: hospitaleiro — receptive and open-minded
• Russian: откры́тый (otkrýtyj) — receptive and open-minded
• Russian: непредвзя́тый (nepredvzjátyj) — receptive and open-minded
• Russian: непредубеждённый (nepredubeždjónnyj) — receptive and open-minded
• Ukrainian: сприйнятливий (spryynyatlyvyy) — receptive and open-minded