HOSPITAL


Meaning of HOSPITAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhäs-(ˌ)pi-t ə l ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin hospitale hospice, guest house, from neuter of Latin hospitalis of a guest, from hospit-, hospes

Date: 14th century

1. : a charitable institution for the needy, aged, infirm, or young

2. : an institution where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care — usually used in British English without an article after a preposition

3. : a repair shop for specified small objects

a clock hospital

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.