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Plural of hospital

regular plural

The plural of hospital is hospitals.

Forms of hospital

Singularhospital /ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/
Pluralhospitals
Countablecountable and uncountable

Hospitals in a sentence

  • Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise, its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.From the entry likewise
  • It's increasingly used in industrial and commercial settings, such as water-treatment plants, hospitals and nursing homes.2025 May 1, Jen Schwartz, “The magic molecule”, in Scientific American, volume 332, number 5, pages 54-55. From the entry hypochlorous acid
  • That's a common abbreviation in Gaza hospitals for "wounded child, no surviving family."2025 April 2, Nicholas Kristof, “In Gaza, 'Psychic Scars of Fear and Rage'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry WCNSF
  • The Hollywood elitists had nominated two fraudumentaries on fake hospitals, yearning to breathe free.2020 February 22, Miri Wood, “Health Minister Discusses Status of Syria's Actual Hospitals”, in Syria News. From the entry fraudumentary
  • As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there.2019 October 3, Ellen Curtin, “Everything You Wanted to Know about Vatican City”, in City Wonders, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025. From the entry Vatican City

Meaning of hospital

  1. noun A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
  2. noun A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
  3. noun A place of lodging.

Full definition of hospital

Questions about the plural of hospital

What is the plural of hospital?
The plural of hospital is hospitals.
Is hospital countable?
Hospital is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hospital (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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