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host
English
Alternative forms
- hoast (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h??st/
- (US) IPA(key): /ho?st/
- Rhymes: -??st
Etymology 1
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 *g?ostipotis (“master of guests”), from *g?óstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century. Doublet of guest.
Noun
host (plural hosts, feminine hostess)
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
- (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
- A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
Hyponyms
- (computing): localhost
Synonyms
- presenter (UK)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
host (third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)
- To perform the role of a host.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
- (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, Usenet
- 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, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, Usenet
Translations
See also
- compere
- guest
- event
- master of ceremonies
Etymology 2
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
host (plural hosts)
- A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
- 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, book 2, chapter 4, The Field of Cormallen
- All about the hosts of Mordor raged.
- 2001, Carlos Parada, Hesione 2, Greek Mythology Link
- the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- 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 Cloud
- 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; […]
- I wandered lonely as a cloud
- 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
- 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 […]
Derived terms
- heavenly host
- Lord of Hosts
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English host, oist, ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia (“sacrificial victim”). Doublet of hostie.
Noun
host (plural hosts)
- (Christianity) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
Translations
See also
- hostage
Anagrams
- HOTs, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, hots, oths, shot, tosh
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan òst, from Latin hostem, singular accusative of hostis, from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“guest, stranger”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /??st/
Noun
host f (plural hosts)
- army, troops
See also
- exèrcit
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gost?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ost]
Noun
host m
- guest
- Host do domu, B?h do domu. ("A guest into the house, God into the house") — old proverb, meaning: respect should be shown to guests
- Host a ryba t?etí den smrdí. - The guest and the fish smell the third day.
Declension
Related terms
- hostit
- hostitel
- hostina
- hostinec
- nehostinný
- pohostinství
Further reading
- host in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- host in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology 1
From English host.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?st/.
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
host m (plural hosts, diminutive hostje n)
- (computing) host
Derived terms
- hosten
Etymology 2
From hossen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??st/
Verb
host
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of hossen
- (archaic) plural imperative of hossen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Related to hoste ("to cough").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hust/
- Rhymes: -ust
Noun
host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta or hostene)
- a single cough expulsion
Usage notes
- Prior to a 2020 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine.
Etymology 2
From English host.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?ust/
- Rhymes: -?ust
Noun
host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)
- (computing) host
Synonyms
- vertsmaskin
Etymology 3
Verb
host
- imperative of hoste
References
- “host” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Related to hosta, hoste ("to cough").
Noun
host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta)
- a single cough expulsion
Etymology 2
From English host.
Noun
host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hostar, definite plural hostane)
- (computing) host
Synonyms
- vertsmaskin
Etymology 3
Verb
host
- imperative of hosta and hoste
References
- “host” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English host.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?howst??/
Noun
host m (plural hosts)
- (networking) host (computer attached to a network)
Slovene
Noun
hóst
- genitive dual/plural of h??sta
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English host. Doublet of huésped.
Noun
host m or f (plural hosts)
- (computing, Internet) host (any computer attached to a network)
- Synonym: anfitrión
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ferd
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??(?)d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English ferde, feord, furd, from Old English fierd (“army”), from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey, expedition”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to put across, ferry”). Cognate with Old Frisian ferd, fart (“an expedition, journey”), Old High German fart (“journey”) (German Fahrt), Danish færd (“voyage, travel”). Doublet of fyrd. More at fare.
Noun
ferd (plural ferds)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Impetus, speed.
- (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) A journey.
- (obsolete) An army, a host.
- (obsolete) A military expedition.
- c. 1050, The Paris Psalter
- Þeah þu mid us ne fare on fyrd...
- (Though thou with us not fare on a ferd...)
- c. 1050, The Paris Psalter
- (obsolete) A company, band, or group.
- c. 1400, The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
- And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght... with fyfty, in a furthe, all of fuerse vesell.
- (And four score fine ships to the fleet brought... with fifty in a ferd, all of fierce vessel.)
- 1986, Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, Douglas Gray, Middle English literature - Volume 1 - Page 89:
- For him a lord (British or Roman) is essentially a leader of a 'ferd' (OE fyrd); […]
- c. 1400, The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy
Usage notes
- This word in its Anglo-Saxon form, fyrd, is used historically in a technical sense.
Derived terms
- landfyrd
- shipfyrd
- ferdfare
- ferdwite
Related terms
- here
References
- “ferd”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714
- “ferd”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714
Etymology 2
From Middle English feren (“to fear”). More at fear.
Noun
ferd (usually uncountable, plural ferds)
- (obsolete) Fear.
Anagrams
- Fred, derf
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ferð.
Noun
ferd f or m (definite singular ferda or ferden, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)
- journey, voyage, expedition
- være i verd med (also written as iferd): to be on the point of, to be busy with
Derived terms
- folkeferd n
- gjenferd n
- pilegrimsferd
- triumfferd
References
- “ferd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ferd” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ferð.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fæ?r/, /f?rd/
Noun
ferd f (definite singular ferda, indefinite plural ferder, definite plural ferdene)
- journey, travel
- group of people
- vere i verd med: to be on the point of, to be busy with
Derived terms
- ferdsel
- gjenferd n
- pilegrimsferd
- triumfferd
Verb
ferd
- imperative of ferda and ferde
References
- “ferd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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