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hospitalier

hospitable

adjective oh-spee-tal-YEH Rare
People & Society Values

Also means

hospital (adjective)

Usage Note

Hospitalier has two quite different uses: applied to people or places it means 'welcoming, hospitable'; applied to institutions it means 'relating to hospitals' (le secteur hospitalier — the hospital sector). The feminine form is hospitalière. The noun hospitalité means hospitality.

Examples

"Les habitants du village sont très hospitaliers."

Natural Translation

The village residents are very hospitable.

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