Usage Note
Hospitalité refers to the welcoming of guests, both in everyday life and in formal or cultural contexts. Offrir l'hospitalité ('to offer hospitality') is a common phrase. The related adjective is hospitalier (m) / hospitalière (f), meaning welcoming — not to be confused with hôpital ('hospital'), which shares the same Latin root.
Examples
"Leur hospitalité nous a beaucoup touchés."
Natural Translation
Their hospitality touched us deeply.

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