hostel
An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared…An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
» Is there a youth hostel around here?
Meaning
5 sensesAn overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
a rundown hostel
Herberge, Wohnheim, Heim
общежи́тиеobščežítije, турба́заturbáza, хо́стелxóstɛl
гурто́житокhurtóžytok, го́стелhóstel, госте́лhostél
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
прию́тprijút, ночле́жкаnočléžka, ночле́жный домnočléžnyj dom
приту́локprytúlok, нічлі́жкаničlížka, прию́тpryjút
(South Africa, South Asia)A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.
(obsolete)A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
(obsolete)A public hotel.
Examples
33 sentencesIs there a youth hostel around here?
Is there a youth hostel near here?
deGibt es hier in der Nähe eine Jugendherberge?
We met them at the youth hostel.
Is there a youth hostel here?
Тут є молодіжний хостел?
I just arrived at the hostel.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hosFrom Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation).
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Forms
plural: hostelsSynonyms
6 synonyms- inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips):youth hostelstudent lodging
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers:hostelryinnlodgeauberge