hostel (redirected from hostels)

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.

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

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hostel

Noun

1. a building providing overnight accommodation at a low cost for particular groups of people, such as the homeless

2. same as youth hostel

3. Brit & NZ a supervised lodging house for nurses, students, etc. [Medieval Latin hospitale hospice]

hosteller or US
hosteler n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hostel - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers auberge, hostelry, inn, lodge 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) student lodging, youth hostel housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed

Translations

hostel [ˈhɔstl] n → hostal m;

(for students, nurses etc) → residencia;

(also: youth hostel) → albergue m juvenil;

(for homeless people) → hospicio

hostel [ˈhɔstl] n → foyer m;

(also: youth hostel) → auberge f de jeunesse

hostel [ˈhɔstl] n → (Wohn)heim nt;

(also: youth hostel) → Jugendherberge f

hostel [ˈhɔstl] n → ostello;

(for students, nurses etc) → pensionato;

(for homeless people) → ospizio, ricovero;

(also: youth hostel) → ostello della gioventù

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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 nuorisohotelli auberge de jeunesse אַכסַניָה छात्रावास hostel, dom mladeži szálló losmen gististaður; farfuglaheimili ostello ユースホステル 호스텔 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 青年招待所 готель نوجوانوں کے لۓ اقامت گاہ nhà trọ 青年招待所

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 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 学生宿舍