noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌhɒs.pɪ.tə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩/
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General-American:/ˌhɑ(ː)s.pɪ.tə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
General-American:/-aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:HH AA2 S P IH0 T AH0 L AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Insurance that pays a patient's expenses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
placing in medical care in a hospital
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hospitalisation, hospital care
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical care, medical aid
4
noun
Meaning 4
insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hospitalization insurance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: health insurance
5
noun
Meaning 5
the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
6
noun
Meaning 6
a period of time when you are confined to a hospital
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
Etymology
From hospitalize + -ation. Piecewise doublet of hotelization.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
hospitalisasie
— hospitalizing of a patient
Belarusian:
шпіталіза́цыя
(špitalizácyja)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Bulgarian:
хоспитализа́ция
(hospitalizácija)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Catalan:
hospitalització
— hospitalizing of a patient
Chinese Mandarin:
住院
(zhùyuàn)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Chinese Mandarin:
入院
(rùyuàn)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Czech:
hospitalizace
— hospitalizing of a patient
Danish:
hospitalisering
— hospitalizing of a patient
Danish:
indlæggelse
— hospitalizing of a patient
Dutch:
hospitalisatie
— hospitalizing of a patient
Estonian:
haiglasviibimine
— hospitalizing of a patient
Finnish:
sairaalahoito
— hospitalizing of a patient
French:
hospitalisation
— hospitalizing of a patient
Galician:
hospitalización
— hospitalizing of a patient
Georgian:
ჰოსპიტალიზაცია
(hosṗiṭalizacia)
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Krankenhauseinweisung
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Aufnahme in das Krankenhaus
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Aufnahme in ein Krankenhaus
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Krankenhausaufenthalt
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Klinikaufenthalt
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Krankenhausaufnahme
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Hospitalisierung
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Hospitalisieren
— hospitalizing of a patient
German:
Hospitalisiertwerden
— hospitalizing of a patient
Greek:
νοσηλεία
(nosileía)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Hebrew:
אִשְׁפּוּז
(ishpúz)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Hungarian:
hospitalizáció
— hospitalizing of a patient
Icelandic:
sjúkrahúsvist
— hospitalizing of a patient
Indonesian:
hospitalisasi
— hospitalizing of a patient
Italian:
ospedalizzazione
— hospitalizing of a patient
Japanese:
入院
(nyūin)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Korean:
입원
(ibwon)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Latvian:
hospitalizācija
— hospitalizing of a patient
Lithuanian:
hospitalizacija
— hospitalizing of a patient
Macedonian:
хоспитализација
(hospitalizacija)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Norwegian Bokmål:
hospitalisering
— hospitalizing of a patient
Polish:
hospitalizacja
— hospitalizing of a patient
Portuguese:
hospitalização
— hospitalizing of a patient
Romanian:
spitalizare
— hospitalizing of a patient
Russian:
госпитализа́ция
(gospitalizácija)
— hospitalizing of a patient
Serbo-Croatian:
хоспитализа́ција
— hospitalizing of a patient
Serbo-Croatian:
hospitalizácija
— hospitalizing of a patient
Slovak:
hospitalizácia
— hospitalizing of a patient
Slovene:
hospitalizacija
— hospitalizing of a patient
Spanish:
hospitalización
— hospitalizing of a patient
Swedish:
sjukhusvistelse
— hospitalizing of a patient
Tagalog:
pagpapaospital
— hospitalizing of a patient
Tagalog:
pagkaospital
— hospitalizing of a patient
Ukrainian:
госпіталіза́ція
(hospitalizácija)
— hospitalizing of a patient
