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hôtel-Dieu

hôtel-Dieu noun: the chief hospital in a French city.

Noun

hôtel-Dieu (plural hôtels-Dieu or hôtel-Dieus)

  1. (historical) The chief hospital in a French city.
    • When she arrived in each town, she checked whether a Hôtel-Dieu existed, and visited the five that she found.2017, Alison Forrestal, Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform

Forms of hôtel-Dieu

pluralhôtels-Dieu
pluralhôtel-Dieus
alternative formhotel-Dieu

Origin of hôtel-Dieu

Borrowed from French hôtel-Dieu.

Questions about hôtel-Dieu

What does hôtel-Dieu mean?
Hôtel-Dieu means the chief hospital in a French city.
What part of speech is hôtel-Dieu?
Hôtel-Dieu is a noun.
What is the plural of hôtel-Dieu?
The plural of hôtel-Dieu is hôtels-Dieu.

Words near hôtel-Dieu in the dictionary

  1. Hîncești
  2. Hîrcești
  3. Hîrtop
  4. Hóp
  5. hôtel
  6. hôtel-Dieu
  7. hôtelier
  8. hôteliers
  9. hôtelière
  10. hôtels
  11. hôtels-Dieu

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