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host en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /hoʊst/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /həʊst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host 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 *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.

Meanings

  1. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
    • Time is like a fashionable host, / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. c. 1602 (date written), 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, [Act III, scene iii]:
    • A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.
  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. (qualifier:multiplicity) The primary member of a system, typically the member who fronts most often.
  6. (Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
  7. A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
    • Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.
    • 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. 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
  8. (qualifier:evolution) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
    • The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.
  9. A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hoast alternative, obsolete lexicographic
hosts Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

hoster · jump host · co-host · wraparound host · webhost · dehost · air host · web host · host species · intrahost · host response · host with the most · hostel · definitive host · mycohost · multihost · zombie host · hostless · hostmask · interhost · opinion host · host family · hostship · hostess · host rock · host city · hostmaster · no-host · bulletproof host · hostname · mine host · hostress · DMZ host · cohost · host country · nonhost · graft-versus-host · play host to · no host bar · graft-versus-host disease · host selling · host plant · host cell · reckon without one's host

Hyponyms

localhost

Relateds

hospitality · hotel · hostage · hospitable · hospital

Synonyms

presenter

Translations (314)

pl gospodyni (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ru носи́тельница (genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material) · ur میزْبان (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · el οικοδέσποινα (person who receives or entertains a guest) · enm herberjour (person who receives or entertains a guest) · tg мизбон (person who receives or entertains a guest) · la hospita (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · ja 主催者 (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · hu házigazda (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · sv värdorganism (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · ro prezentator (moderator) · gl presentador (moderator) · eo gastiganto (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · ru церемонийме́йстер (moderator) · ru гла́вная ЭВМ (computing: computer attached to a network) · uk ґа́зда (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nn vert (computing: computer attached to a network) · cmn 主人 (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fr animateur (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · la dissignātor (moderator) · it moderatore (moderator) · cs hostitelka (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nl gastheer (moderator) · mi kaitaurima (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hu gazda (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · hi अतिथिपति (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · ar مُضِيف (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uk веду́чий (moderator) · fi isäntäeliö (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · mk до́маќин (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sk hostiteľka (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ps کوربه (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · eo gastiganto (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ar مُضِيف (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · es hospedador (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · cmn 主機 /主机 (computing: computer attached to a network) · nl gastvrouw (moderator) · sl gostítelj (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uk хазя́їн (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ko 주인 (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hi आतिथेयी (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt hospedeiro (computing: computer attached to a network) · kk қожайын (person who receives or entertains a guest) · th เจ้าภาพ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hi आतिथेय (person who receives or entertains a guest) · io hosto (person who receives or entertains a guest) · es anfitriona (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · id pembawa acara (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · de Träger (genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material) · sh дома̀ћин (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uk ґазда́ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · de Organisator (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · pl gospodarz (person who receives or entertains a guest) · yue 主人 (person who receives or entertains a guest) · it host (computing: computer attached to a network) · fr organisateur (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · dsb hosćiśelka (person who receives or entertains a guest) · bn মেজবান (moderator) · fi juontaja (moderator) · sv värd (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · pt organizador (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · nl gastheer (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · lt šeimininkė (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ru веду́щая (moderator) · lt šeimininkas (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uk хазяїн (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · ru кле́тка-хозя́ин (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · mr होस्ट (computing: computer attached to a network) · be гаспада́рка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nb vert (computing: computer attached to a network) · rm ospitanta (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ka მასპინძელი (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fi isäntä (moderator) · id pejamu (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · tg хӯҷаин (person who receives or entertains a guest) · el οικοδεσπότης (person who receives or entertains a guest) · be вяду́чая (moderator) · nl drager (genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material) · fa-ira میزْبان (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt apresentador (moderator) · de Moderator (moderator) · be хадзя́ін (person who receives or entertains a guest) · bg домаки́н (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · cy lletywr (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ar آدِب (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · fr maître de maison (person who receives or entertains a guest) · aii ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · ky кожоюн (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nn vert (person who receives or entertains a guest) · bg во́дещ (moderator) · it organizzatore (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · hi परपोषी (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · id hos (computing: computer attached to a network) · it anfitrione (person who receives or entertains a guest) · be хадзя́йка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · lv saimnieks (person who receives or entertains a guest) · evn эден (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sk hostiteľ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · cmn 主持人 (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · lad balabaya (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ro moderator (moderator) · lv saimnieks (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · gl moderador (moderator) · se guossoheaddji (person who receives or entertains a guest) · bn মেজবান (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · sh gȁzdarica (person who receives or entertains a guest) · de Trägerin (genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material) · la hospita (person who receives or entertains a guest) · de Wirt (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · prs میزْبَان (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nb vert (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · el διοργανωτής (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · aii ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ (computing: computer attached to a network) · sl gostíteljica (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt host (computing: computer attached to a network) · hi संचारक (moderator) · uk господа́рка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fi isäntä (computing: computer attached to a network) · fr hôte (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt anfitrião (computing: computer attached to a network) · hi संचालक (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · pl host (computing: computer attached to a network) · nl gastheer (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fr amphitryon (person who receives or entertains a guest) · es hospedero (person who receives or entertains a guest) · my အိမ်ရှင် (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fi isäntä (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hu vitavezető (moderator) · el κεντρικός υπολογιστής (computing: computer attached to a network) · pt hospedeiro (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ps کوربه (person who receives or entertains a guest) · bg ханджи́я (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uk веду́ча (moderator) · bbl მასპიჼძელ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · es hospedante (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · uk господа́р (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ru хост (computing: computer attached to a network) · de Wirt (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hsb hosćićel (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ca amfitrió (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ru веду́щий (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · hu gazdaszervezet (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · bg хаза́йка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hu hordozó (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · sh га̏здарица (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nl organisator (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · la hospes (person who receives or entertains a guest) · gl anfitrión (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · ur میزْبان (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hi सभापति (moderator) · ca amfitriona (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mk води́телка (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · uz mezbon (person who receives or entertains a guest) · tr ev sahibi (person who receives or entertains a guest) · be вядо́ўца (moderator) · sl gostítelj (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · es hospedero (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · sh domàćin (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt anfitrião (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nl gastgever (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · hu moderátor (moderator) · ca hoste (person who receives or entertains a guest) · vi người chủ trì (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · hu gazdagép (computing: computer attached to a network) · pt hospedeiro (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · bn মেজবান (person who receives or entertains a guest) · es anfitrión (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · lad balabay (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sv värd (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · mwl houspedeiro (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt anfitrião (moderator) · pl gospodarz (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · hu gazdaszámítógép (computing: computer attached to a network) · hi मध्यस्थ (moderator) · fi isäntä (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · vi vật chủ (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · fi kantaja (genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material) · zza meymandar (diq) (person who receives or entertains a guest) · gl anfitrión (computing: computer attached to a network) · ru хозя́ин (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mi rauropi papa (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · mt ospitanti (person who receives or entertains a guest) · af gasheer (person who receives or entertains a guest) · vi chủ tế (moderator) · uk господар (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · lo ເຈົ້າພາບ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · vi máy chủ (computing: computer attached to a network) · ro amfitrion (person who receives or entertains a guest) · enm hoste (person who receives or entertains a guest) · se doalloisit (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fo vertur (person who receives or entertains a guest) · la hospes (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · sh gȁzda (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ja 主人 (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sh domàćinica (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ga óstach (person who receives or entertains a guest) · lv namatēvs (person who receives or entertains a guest) · be вяду́чы (moderator) · cs hostitel (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · aii ܡܐܲܪ̈ܚܵܢܹܐ (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · tl sasandigan (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · es huésped (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · hi मध्यस्थ (computing: computer attached to a network) · da vært (person who receives or entertains a guest) · th เจ้าบ้าน (person who receives or entertains a guest) · rm ospitant (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ja ホスト (computing: computer attached to a network) · hu konferanszié (moderator) · ru носи́тель (genetics: organism bearing certain genetic material) · ru модера́тор (moderator) · hu házigazda (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hy հյուրընկալ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uk хост (computing: computer attached to a network) · nl gastvrouw (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hi अतिथिपति (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mk до́маќин (computing: computer attached to a network) · ro gazdă (person who receives or entertains a guest) · vi người tổ chức (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · aii ܡܩܲܒܠܵܢܵܐ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hu vendéglátó (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sl gostíteljica (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · grc ξενοδόκος (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ro moderatoare (moderator) · fr hôte (computing: computer attached to a network) · tk hojaýyn (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sv värd (person who receives or entertains a guest) · de Organisator (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · ia hospitero (person who receives or entertains a guest) · id tuan rumah (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ms tuan rumah (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nn vert (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · cy gwesteiwr (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fi järjestäjä (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · aii ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · he מארחים (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · az ev sahibi (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sl gostítelj (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · mk дома́ќинка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · el συντονιστής (moderator) · nl moderator (moderator) · aii ܡܐܲܪ̈ܚܵܢܝܵܬܹܐ (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · hu műsorvezető (moderator) · ru веду́щий (moderator) · ru хозя́йка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt realizador (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · bg домаки́нка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · he מארח (person who receives or entertains a guest) · he מַנְחֶה (moderator) · ru органи́зм-хозя́ин (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · ms pengacara (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · niv ызӈ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · lv namamāte (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mi nihowera (person who receives or entertains a guest) · cs hostitel (person who receives or entertains a guest) · es anfitrión (person who receives or entertains a guest) · ru гла́вный компью́тер (computing: computer attached to a network) · et võõrustaja (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mk до́маќин (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · nl gastgever (moderator) · nn vert (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · cs pořadatel (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · nl gastheer (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · is hýsill (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · vi chủ nhà (person who receives or entertains a guest) · sl vodíteljica (moderator) · ms perumah (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · gl anfitrión (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uk хазя́йка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · bg хаза́ин (person who receives or entertains a guest) · hy հիւրընկալ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · pt mediador (moderator) · bg домаки́н (person who receives or entertains a guest) · de Bewirter (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fr hôte (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · de Gastgeber (person who receives or entertains a guest) · uz xoʻjayin (person who receives or entertains a guest) · gl organizador (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · el ξενιστής (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · nl host (computing: computer attached to a network) · id inang (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · ar مُسْتَضِيف (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · es hospedador (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mk во́дител (moderator) · da vært (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · ja 司会 (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · xmf მენძელი (person who receives or entertains a guest) · af gasvrou (person who receives or entertains a guest) · es hospedante (person who receives or entertains a guest) · gld эден (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mwl houspedeiro (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · pl żywiciel (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · nb vert (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · is gestgjafi (person who receives or entertains a guest) · it ospite (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · ko 호스트 (computing: computer attached to a network) · km ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · it ospitante (person who receives or entertains a guest) · kl qaaqqusisoq (person who receives or entertains a guest) · bg ханджи́йка (person who receives or entertains a guest) · fi isäntä (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · sh дома̀ћиница (person who receives or entertains a guest) · se doalloeamit (person who receives or entertains a guest) · grc ἑστιάτωρ (person who receives or entertains a guest) · mk во́дител (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · mk води́телка (moderator) · be гаспада́р (person who receives or entertains a guest) · de Showmaster (moderator) · sl vodítelj (moderator) · sh га̏зда (person who receives or entertains a guest) · nb vert (person who receives or entertains a guest) · niv ыс (person who receives or entertains a guest) · de Veranstalter (person or organisation responsible for running an event) · he פֻּנְדְּקַאי (biology: cell or organism which harbors another organism) · sva მა̈სძელ (person who receives or entertains a guest)

host en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /hoʊst/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /həʊst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Old French ostebor. Middle English hoste English host 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 *hostipotis, an old compound of hostis and the root of potis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis (“master of guests”), from *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century.

Meanings

  1. To perform the role of a host.
    • I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.
    • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
    • I am quite impressed with the December 10th issue in which it hosted the article by Nancy Langer, "Different Abilities, the Same Queer Pleasures." 1984 February 4, Suzan Bedrosian, “Sex Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 4:
    • Our company will host the annual conference this year.
    • I was terrible at hosting that show.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To lodge at an inn.
    • Where you shall host. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
  3. (Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
    • CMU/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. 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., “Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators”, in comp.protocols.tcp-ip (Usenet):
    • Kremvax hosts a variety of services.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hosted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hosted Tense=Past lexicographic
hosts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hoast alternative, obsolete lexicographic
hosting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

hostee · hostable · rehost · cohost · self-host

Relateds

master of ceremonies · guest · event · compere

Translations (61)

es ser la sede de (perform the role of a host) · fi juontaa (perform the role of a host) · pl hostować (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · nl modereren (perform the role of a host) · fi hostata (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · vi lưu trữ (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · pl ugościć (perform the role of a host) · fi ylläpitää (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · hi आतिथेय (perform the role of a host) · nl onderbrengen (perform the role of a host) · is hýsa (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · fr animer (perform the role of a host) · es animar (tv program, event) (perform the role of a host) · de Gastgeber sein (perform the role of a host) · es anfitrionar (perform the role of a host) · eo gastigi (perform the role of a host) · ta நடத்து (perform the role of a host) · es ser el anfitrión de (perform the role of a host) · pt hospedar (perform the role of a host) · is hýsa (perform the role of a host) · nl hosten (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · la hospitō (perform the role of a host) · mi whakauhi (perform the role of a host) · ca allotjar (perform the role of a host) · fr recevoir (perform the role of a host) · fi isännöidä (perform the role of a host) · nl ontvangen (perform the role of a host) · sl gostiti (perform the role of a host) · el φιλοξενώ (perform the role of a host) · fi toimia isäntänä (perform the role of a host) · el διοργανώνω (perform the role of a host) · ca hostatjar (perform the role of a host) · aii ܩܲܒܸܠ (perform the role of a host) · vi đăng cai (perform the role of a host) · fr héberger (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · de bereitstellen (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · mi whakamanu(w)hiri (perform the role of a host) · es alojar (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · mi whakauwhi (perform the role of a host) · aii ܐܲܪܸܚ (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · mi manaaki (perform the role of a host) · az aparmaq (perform the role of a host) · aii ܐܲܪܸܚ (perform the role of a host) · fi pyörittää (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · cs hostit (perform the role of a host) · hu vendégül lát (perform the role of a host) · pt hospedar (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · oc acomodar (perform the role of a host) · de ausrichten (perform the role of a host) · vi phục vụ (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · vi tổ chức (perform the role of a host) · hu vezet (perform the role of a host) · it ospitare (perform the role of a host) · de durchführen (perform the role of a host) · vi lưu giữ (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · sv agera värd (perform the role of a host) · es hospedar (perform the role of a host) · de organisieren (perform the role of a host) · eo gastigi (computing: run software for a remote user or process) · pl gościć (perform the role of a host) · de aufnehmen (perform the role of a host)

host en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /hoʊst/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /həʊst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English oost, borrowed from Old French ost, oste, hoste, from Latin hostis (“foreign enemy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (as opposed to inimicus (“personal enemy”)). Doublet of guest.

Meanings

  1. A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
    • By Lady Day the Scriptorium was ready to receive the "copying and burrowing" of the host of readers who had been directed by Furnivall for the past twenty years. 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 173:
    • All about the hosts of Mordor raged. 1955 October 20, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “chapter 4, The Field of Cormallen”, in The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings […], New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published December 1978, →ISBN:
    • the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size. 2001, Carlos Parada, Hesione 2, Greek Mythology Link:
    • Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever! 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, book III (The Modern Worker):
  2. A large number of items; a large inventory.
    • I 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; […] 1802, William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud:
    • The dealer stocks a host of parts for my Model A.
    • 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. 2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 38:
    • A 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 […] 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction:
    • There are a host of reasons for this decision.
    • England ran Tunisia ragged in that spell but were punished for missing a host of chances when Ferjani Sassi equalised from the penalty spot against the run of play after Kyle Walker was penalised for an elbow on Fakhreddine Ben Youssef. 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hosts Number=Plur lexicographic
hoast alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

heavenly host · Lord of Hosts

Translations (43)

nl troep (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · fi joukko (large number of items) · zdj djeyshi (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · ar جُنْد (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · vo silananef (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · ru во́йско (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · vi loạt (large number of items) · nl heerschaar (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · non herr (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · nl berg (large number of items) · ca host (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · ru мно́жество (large number of items) · es hueste (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · fr armée (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · hu halom (large number of items) · es almahala (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · vi hàng loạt (large number of items) · hu sereg (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · sv otal (large number of items) · pt hoste (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · uk кіш (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · hy զորք (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · aii ܓܲܝܣܵܐ (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · es almofalla (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · fr ost (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · el στρατιά (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · mi mano (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · bg множество (large number of items) · fi liuta (large number of items) · hu sereg (large number of items) · uk бе́зліч (large number of items) · ar جَيْش (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · vi đạo quân (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · nl troep (large number of items) · bg войска (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · fi sotajoukko (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · uk ві́йсько (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · nl leger (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · sv rad (large number of items) · uga 𐎕𐎁𐎜 (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · sv här (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · de Heer (multitude of people arrayed as an army) · ru рать (multitude of people arrayed as an army)

host en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /hoʊst/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /həʊst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
    • Do you pray to the Holy Ghost when you suck your host? / Do you read who's dead in the Irish Post? 1978, John Lydon, “Religion II”, performed by Public Image Ltd.:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hoast alternative, obsolete lexicographic
hosts Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

host desecration

Relateds

Lamb of God

Synonyms

Body of Christ

Translations (33)

sh hostija (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · cmn 聖體 /圣体 (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · id hosti (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · cy afrllad (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · pt hóstia (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · es hostia (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · fr hostie (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · da oblat (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · fi oblaatti (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · el αντίδωρο (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · it ostia (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · vi bánh thánh (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · pl hostia (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · tl ostiya (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · udi нишкъатӏ (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · bg нафора (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · dlm bluta (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · eo hostio (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · hy նշխար (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · ga abhlann (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · de Hostie (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · fi ehtoollisleipä (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · scn partìcula (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · ca hòstia (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · is kynnir (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · ru обла́тка (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · nl hostie (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · pt partícula (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · sv oblat (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · hu ostya (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · da hostie (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · fi öylätti (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer) · vi bánh lễ (consecrated bread — see also communion wafer)

wikidata: Q207104