hostile

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒstaɪl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒstəl/
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• General-American: /ˈhɑstəl/
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• General-American: /ˈhɑstaɪl/
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• homophone: hostel (one pronunciation)
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• rhymes with -ɒstəl
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 S T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH AA0 S T AY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: armiqësor — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Arabic: مُعَادِي (muʕādī) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Belarusian: варо́жы (varóžy) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Belarusian: во́ражы (vóražy) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Bulgarian: вра́жески (vrážeski) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Bulgarian: неприя́телски (neprijátelski) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Bulgarian: вражде́бен (vraždében) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Catalan: hostil — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Chinese Mandarin: 敵對的 /敌对的 (díduì de) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Chinese Mandarin: 懷敵意的 /怀敌意的 (huái díyì de) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Czech: nepřátelský — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Dutch: vijandig — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Esperanto: malamika — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Finnish: vihamielinen — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• French: hostile — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• German: feindlich — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• German: feindselig — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Greek: εχθρικός (echthrikós) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Ancient Greek: πολέμιος (polémios) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Ancient Greek: δάϊος (dáïos) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Hebrew: עוֹיֵן ('oyén) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Hindi: शत्रुतापूर्ण (śatrutāpūrṇ) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Hindi: अहित (ahit) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Hindi: अपकारी (apkārī) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Hungarian: ellenséges — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Irish: naimhdeach — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Japanese: 敵の — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Japanese: 敵対的な (tekitaiteki na) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Kazakh: ғадауатты (ğadauatty) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Korean: 적대적인 (jeokdaejeog-in) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Latin: hostilis — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Latin: alienus — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Macedonian: непријателски (neprijatelski) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Norwegian Bokmål: fiendtlig — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fiendtleg — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Occitan: ostil — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Old English: fēondlīċ — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Plautdietsch: fientlich — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Polish: wrogi — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Portuguese: hostil — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Quechua: awqa — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Romanian: ostil — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Russian: вражде́бный (vraždébnyj) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Russian: вра́жеский (vrážeskij) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Russian: неприя́тельский (neprijátelʹskij) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Scottish Gaelic: nàimhdeach — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Scottish Gaelic: nàimhdeil — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Scottish Gaelic: eucairdeach — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Serbo-Croatian: непријатѐљскӣ — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Serbo-Croatian: neprijatèljskī — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Slovak: nepriateľský — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Slovene: sovražen — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Spanish: hostil — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Swedish: fientlig — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Ukrainian: воро́жий (voróžyj) — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Welsh: gelyniaethol — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Welsh: gelyniaethus — belonging or appropriate to an enemy
• Belarusian: варо́жы (varóžy) — antagonistic
• Bulgarian: вражде́бен (vraždében) — antagonistic
• Esperanto: malamika — antagonistic
• Esperanto: malamikema — antagonistic
• German: gegnerisch — antagonistic
• German: unversöhnlich — antagonistic
• German: antagonistisch — antagonistic
• German: giftig — antagonistic
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 (andaneiþs) — antagonistic
• Greek: εχθρικός (echthrikós) — antagonistic
• Ancient Greek: ἐχθρός (ekhthrós) — antagonistic
• Ancient Greek: δυσμενής (dusmenḗs) — antagonistic
• Ancient Greek: ἀνάρσιος (anársios) — antagonistic
• Hindi: शत्रुतापूर्ण (śatrutāpūrṇ) — antagonistic
• Hindi: अहित (ahit) — antagonistic
• Hindi: अपकारी (apkārī) — antagonistic
• Irish: naimhdeach — antagonistic
• Japanese: 敵対的 (tekitaiteki) — antagonistic
• Kazakh: ғадауатты (ğadauatty) — antagonistic
• Latin: infestus — antagonistic
• Māori: taraweti — antagonistic
• Old English: fēondlīċ — antagonistic
• Plautdietsch: fientlich — antagonistic
• Russian: вражде́бный (vraždébnyj) — antagonistic
• Tocharian B: erkatte — antagonistic
• Ukrainian: воро́жий (voróžyj) — antagonistic