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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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number
English
Alternative forms
- nummer (dialectal)
- numbre (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ?etæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA(key): /?n?mb?/
- (General American) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA(key): /?n?mb?/
- Rhymes: -?mb?(?)
- Hyphenation: num?ber
Noun
number (plural numbers)
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- Synonyms: scalar, (obsolete) rime
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or ?). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- Quantity.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
- Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:
- “[...] I wonder if you could get hold of him and have him call me here at Interior. I’m in my office, do you have my number?”
- 2007, Lindsey Nicole Isham, No Sex in the City: One Virgin's Confessions on Love, Lust, Dating, and Waiting, Kregel Publications, page 111:
- When I agreed to go surfing with him he said, “Great, can I have your number?” Well, I don’t give my number to guys I don’t know.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Marsha's work number is 555-8986.
- Marsha's work number is 555-8986.
- 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- Synonym: numeral
- (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:
- I laughed. "Don't doubt that. She's a saucy little number."
- 1988, Erica Jong, Serenissima, Dell, page 214:
- "Signorina Jessica," says the maid, a saucy little number, "your father has gone to his prayers and demands that you come to the synagogue at once [...]"
- 2005, Denise A. Agnew, Kate Hill & Arianna Hart, By Honor Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, page 207:
- He had to focus on the mission, staying alive and getting out, not on the sexy number rubbing up against him.
- 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:
- (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:
- The trouble was I was wearing my backless glittering number from the night before underneath, so unless I could persuade the office it was National Fancy Dress Day I was doomed to sweat profusely in bottle blue.
- 2007, Lorelei James, Running with the Devil, Samhain Publishing, Ltd, page 46:
- "I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky."
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:
- Back at his place again, Doc rolled a number, put on a late movie, found an old T-shirt, and sat tearing it up into short strips […]
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:
- (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
- the latest number of a magazine
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette
- Despite last week's woes, the Braves still sport numbers that would make Christie Brinkley blush.
- 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette
- (informal, always indefinite) A large amount of damage
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
See also
- (grammatical numbers): singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural
References
- number on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
- number among
Translations
See also
- Wiktionary’s Appendix of numbers
Etymology 2
From numb + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m'?, IPA(key): /?n?m?/
- (US): enPR: n?m'?r, IPA(key): /?n?m?/
- Hyphenation: num?ber
Adjective
number
- comparative form of numb: more numb
Anagrams
- numbre, renumb
Estonian
Etymology
From German Nummer. The added -b- is analoguous to kamber and klamber.
Noun
number (genitive numbri, partitive numbrit)
- number
Declension
Middle English
Noun
number
- Alternative form of nombre
Papiamentu
Etymology
From English number.
An analogy of the Papiamentu word nòmber "name".
Noun
number
- number
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