noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being hospitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hospitableness
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noun
Meaning 2
having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inhospitableness
Broader terms: friendliness
History
Etymology
From hospitable + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: gæstfrihed — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- Dutch: gastvrijheid — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- German: Gastfreundlichkeit — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- German: Gastfreundschaft — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- German: Gastlichkeit — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- Latvian: viesmīlība — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- Latvian: viesmīlīgums — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- Polish: gościnność — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- Swedish: gästfrihet — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality
- Ukrainian: гости́нність (hostýnnistʹ) — quality of being hospitable — see also hospitality