hospitable
Syllables: hos·pit·a·bleUK/hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩//hɑsˈpɪtəbl̩/
hospitable adjective: cordial and generous towards guests.
Adjective
hospitable (comparative more hospitable, superlative most hospitable)
- cordial and generous towards guests
- hospitable family
- "And you come, brother," said Mr. Wegg, in a hospitable glow, "you come like I don't know what—exactly like it—I shouldn't know you from it—shedding a halo all around you."1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 3rd book (A Long...
- Synonyms:
- guestfriendly
- receptive and open-minded
- favorable
- favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.
hospitable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
hospitable in Tamil
- வேளாண்மைப் பண்புடைய, விருந்தோம்புகிற, கொடுக்கிற, ஈகைப்பண்புயை
hospitable in Urdu
- hospitable, genial
- مہمان دار mehmān-dār
hospitable in Bengali
- অতিথিপরায়ণ, সদয়, বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ
hospitable in Malayalam
- അതിഥിസത്കാരം ചെയ്യുന്ന, ഉദാരമതിയായ, സൽക്കാരശീലമുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- hospitable in Vietnamese
- hiếu khách, lịch thiệp
Examples of hospitable in a sentence
- We put up with a family friend, who was an extremely gracious and hospitable host.
- "Not very hospitable of them," he said, reaching for my hand.
- When we were shown into his presence, John of Antwerp was his usual overboisterously hospitable self.
Synonyms of hospitable
Antonyms
Forms of hospitable
| comparative | more hospitable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hospitable |
Origin of hospitable
Borrowed from Middle French hospitable, formed from the root of Latin hospitare with the suffix -able. Displaced native Old English cumlīþe (literally “guest-gentle”).
Words formed from hospitable
Questions about hospitable
- What does hospitable mean?
- Hospitable means cordial and generous towards guests.
- What is hospitable in Tamil?
- Hospitable in Tamil is வேளாண்மைப் பண்புடைய, விருந்தோம்புகிற, கொடுக்கிற. See Hospitable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hospitable?
- Hospitable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hospitable?
- Hospitable is pronounced /hɒsˈpɪtəbl̩/ (UK).
Words near hospitable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hospitable (page history and authors); hospitable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مہمان دار (Urdu) (page history and authors); Hospitable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hospitable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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