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hos·tel  (hstl)
n.
1. A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers.
2. An inn; a hotel.
intr.v. hos·teled, hos·tel·ing, hos·tels
To stay at hostels while traveling.

[Middle English, lodging, from Old French, from Medieval Latin hospitle, hospice, inn; see hospital.]

hostel [ˈhɒstəl]
n
1. a building providing overnight accommodation, as for the homeless, etc.
2. (Non-sporting Hobbies / Other Non-sporting Hobbies) See youth hostel
3. Brit a supervised lodging house for nurses, workers, etc.
4. Archaic another word for hostelry
[from Old French, from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospice; see hospital]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hostel - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelershostel - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
caravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai, khan - an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
imaret - a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey
post house, posthouse - an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
roadhouse - an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
2.hostel - inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed

hostel
noun cheap hotel, YMCA, YWCA, youth hostel, dormitory She spent two years living in a hostel, with no possessions.
Translations
hostel [ˈhɒstəl] Nresidencia f; (= youth hostel) → albergue m juvenil (Univ) → residencia f de estudiantes

hostel [ˈhɒstəl] n
(for homeless people)foyer m
(also youth hostel) → auberge f de jeunesse

hostel
n (for students, workers etc) → (Wohn)heim nt
vi to go hostellingin Jugendherbergen übernachten

hostel [ˈhɒstl] n (for students, nurses) → pensionato; (for homeless people) → ospizio, ricovero (also youth hostel) → ostello della gioventù

hostel
n hostel [ˈhostəl]
1 a building with simple accommodation, especially for young people, hikers etc a youth hostel. losieshuis, jeugherberg نَزْل، مَسْكِن للشباب او المتنزِّهين гостоприемница ubytovna; noclehárna herberg die Herberge ξενώνας, πανσιόν albergue noortehotell مسافرخانه retkeilymaja auberge de jeunesse אַכסַניָה छात्रावास hostel, dom mladeži szálló losmen gististaður; farfuglaheimili ostello ユースホステル (자전거, 도보 여행의 젊은이용) 숙박소, 유스호스텔 jaunimo nakvynės namai kopmītne asrama herberg herberge schronisko albergue hostel, hotel pen­tru tineri туристическая база ubytovňa; nocľaháreň počitniški dom hostel härbärge, vandrarhem ที่พักราคาไม่แพงสำหรับนักเดินทางอายุน้อย yurt, pansiyon 青年旅館 готель نوجوانوں کے لۓ اقامت گاہ nhà trọ
2 a building where students etc may live a nurses' hostel. koshuis مسْكِن للطلبَه ، دار داخِلِيَّه للطلبَه общежитие kolej kollegium; -kollegium das (Studenten)Wohnheim οικοτροφείο residencia ühiselamu خوابگاه دانشجویی asuntola foyer אַכסַניָה छात्रावास की वह इमारत जिसमें छात्र रहते हैं dacki (studentski, naucnicki) dom otthon asrama stúdentagarður casa (dello studente) 寄宿所 대학 기숙사 bendrabutis kopmītne asrama studentenhuis internat, studenthjem dom akademicki, internat residência cămin (studenţesc) общежитие internát študentski dom hostel studenthem หอพักนักศึกษา yurt, misafirhane 學生宿舍 гуртожиток طلبہ وغیرہ کے لۓ اقامت گاہ ký túc xác 宿

hostel بيت الشباب hostel herberg Heim ξενώνας νέων albergue juvenil, hostal hostelli auberge hostel ostello ホステル 호스텔 jeugdherberg herberge schronisko albergue общежитие vandrarhem หอพักนักเรียน öğrenci yurdu nhà trọ 客栈


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