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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• hoast (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊst/
• (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊst/
• Rhymes: -əʊst

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰostipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century. Doublet of guest.

Noun[edit]

host (plural hosts, feminine hostess)

1. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

   A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.

   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii]:

     Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.

2. One that provides a facility for an event.
3. A person or organization responsible for running an event.

   Our company is host of the annual conference this year.

4. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.

   The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.

5. (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
6. (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.

   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

   Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.

7. (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.

   The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.

8. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

• (computing): localhost

• presenter (UK)

• host city
• host country
• hostel
• hoster
• hostess
• hostname
• hostress

• hospitable
• hospital
• hospitality
• hotel

person who receives or entertains a guest

person or organisation responsible for running an event

moderator

computing: computer attached to a network

biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism

Verb[edit]

host (third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)

1. To perform the role of a host.

   Our company will host the annual conference this year.

   I was terrible at hosting that show.

   I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.

   • c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene v]:

     Where you shall host.

3. (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
   • 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, UsenetCMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.

   Kremvax hosts a variety of services.

perform the role of a host

See also[edit]

• compere
• guest
• event
• master of ceremonies

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English oost, borrowed from Old French ost, oste, hoste, from Latin hostis (“foreign enemy”) (as opposed to inimicus (“personal enemy”)); cognate with etymology 1 through an Indo-European root.

Noun[edit]

host (plural hosts)

2. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)

   • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. X, Plugson of Undershot”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, OCLC 191225086, book III (The Modern Worker):

     Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!

   • 2001, Carlos Parada, Hesione 2, Greek Mythology Linkthe invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
3. A large number of items; a large inventory.

   The dealer stocks a host of parts for my Model A.

   • 1802, William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a CloudI wandered lonely as a cloud
     That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
     When all at once I saw a crowd,
     A host, of golden daffodils; […]
   • 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and InstructionA short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture […]

   • 2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 38:

     In the immediate term, there is a host of new operating procedures to be developed and to become familiarised with, in accordance with social distancing.

• heavenly host
• Lord of Hosts

multitude of people arrayed as an army

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle English host, oist, ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia (“sacrificial victim”). Doublet of hostie.

Noun[edit]

host (plural hosts)

1. (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.

   • 1978, John Lydon (lyrics and music), “Religion II”, performed by Public Image Ltd.:

     Do you pray to the Holy Ghost when you suck your host? / Do you read who's dead in the Irish Post?

consecrated bread

Translations to be checked

See also[edit]

• hostage

Anagrams[edit]

• HOTs, Soth, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, hots, oths, shot, tosh

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Catalan ost, from Latin hostis, from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɔst/

Noun[edit]

host f (plural hosts)

1. army, troops

See also[edit]

• exèrcit

References[edit]

• “host” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “host”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “host” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “host” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Czech host, from Proto-Slavic *gostь.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): [ˈɦost]

Noun[edit]

host m

1. guestHost do domu, Bůh do domu. ("A guest into the house, God into the house") — old proverb, meaning: respect should be shown to guestsHost a ryba třetí den smrdí. - The guest and the fish smell the third day.

Declension[edit]

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• hostit
• hostitel
• hostina
• hostinec
• nehostinný
• pohostinství

Further reading[edit]

• host in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• host in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English host.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ɦoːst/.
• Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun[edit]

host m (plural hosts, diminutive hostje n)

1. (computing) host

• hosten

Etymology 2[edit]

From hossen.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ɦɔst/

Verb[edit]

host

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of hossen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of hossen

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to hoste ("to cough").

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /hust/
• Rhymes: -ust

Noun[edit]

host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta or hostene)

1. a single cough expulsion

• Prior to a 2020 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine.

Etymology 2[edit]

From English host.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /hɔust/
• Rhymes: -ɔust

Noun[edit]

host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)

1. (computing) host

• vertsmaskin

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

host

1. imperative of hoste

References[edit]

• “host” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to hosta, hoste ("to cough").

Noun[edit]

host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta)

1. a single cough expulsion

Etymology 2[edit]

From English host.

Noun[edit]

host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hostar, definite plural hostane)

1. (computing) host

• vertsmaskin

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

host

1. imperative of hosta and hoste

References[edit]

• “host” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English host.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w)s.t͡ʃi/ [ˈho(ʊ̯)s.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁo(w)ʃ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈχo(ʊ̯)ʃ.t͡ʃi]

Noun[edit]

host m (plural hosts)

1. (networking) host (computer attached to a network)

Slovene[edit]

Noun[edit]

hóst

1. genitive dual/plural of họ̑sta

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English host. Doublet of huésped.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ˈxost/, [ˈxost̪]

Noun[edit]

host m or f (plural hosts)

1. (computing, Internet) host (any computer attached to a network)Synonym: anfitrión

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