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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)

  1. One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
  2. One that provides a facility for an event.
  3. A person or organization responsible for running an event.
  4. A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
  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.
  7. (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
  8. 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)

  1. To perform the role of a host.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
  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, 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.
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)

  1. 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.
  2. 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; []
    • 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)

  1. (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)

  1. army, troops

See also

  • exèrcit

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gost?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [??ost]

Noun

host m

  1. 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)

  1. (computing) host
Derived terms
  • hosten

Etymology 2

From hossen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??st/

Verb

host

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

  1. 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)

  1. (computing) host
Synonyms
  • vertsmaskin

Etymology 3

Verb

host

  1. 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)

  1. a single cough expulsion

Etymology 2

From English host.

Noun

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

  1. (computing) host
Synonyms
  • vertsmaskin

Etymology 3

Verb

host

  1. 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)

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

Slovene

Noun

hóst

  1. genitive dual/plural of h??sta

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English host. Doublet of huésped.

Noun

host m or f (plural hosts)

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

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party

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p??.ti/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?p??.ti/, [?p????i]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /?p?(?)?i/, [?p??(?)?i]
  • Rhymes: -??(r)ti
  • Hyphenation: par?ty

Etymology 1

From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Medieval Latin part?ta (a part, party), from Latin part?ta, feminine of part?tus, past participle of part?r? (to divide); see part. Doublet of partita.

Noun

party (plural parties)

  1. (law) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
    • 1612, Sir John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
      if the Jury had found that the party slain had been of English race and nation, it had been adjudged felony
  2. A person.
    1. (slang, dated) A person; an individual.
    2. With to: an accessory, someone who takes part.
  3. (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
    • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.6:
      A mile back in the forest the tribe had heard the fierce challenge of the gorilla, and, as was his custom when any danger threatened, Kerchak called his people together, partly for mutual protection against a common enemy, since this gorilla might be but one of a party of several, and also to see that all members of the tribe were accounted for.
    1. (role-playing games, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group.
    2. (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player.
  4. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
    • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. [] A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ¶ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually.
    • The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
  5. (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
  6. A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.
    1. A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.
    2. A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity.
    3. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them.
  7. (obsolete) A part or division.
    • And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.
Synonyms
  • (social gathering): bash, do, rave
  • See also Thesaurus:party
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • ? Hindi: ?????? (p?r??)
  • ? Japanese: ????? (p?t?)
  • ? Korean: ?? (pati)
Translations

Verb

party (third-person singular simple present parties, present participle partying, simple past and past participle partied)

  1. (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
    We partied until the early hours.
  2. (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) To take recreational drugs.
  3. (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
  4. (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with).
    If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Derived terms
  • party down
  • party on
Translations

References

  • Party (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • party on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English party, from Old French parti (parted), from Latin part?tus (parted), past participle of partiri (to divide). More at part.

Adjective

party (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part.
  2. (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.
    an escutcheon party per pale
Derived terms

Further reading

  • party in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • party in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • praty, yrapt

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie.

Noun

party (plural partye)

  1. party (group, especially a political one)

Determiner

party

  1. some, a few

Czech

Alternative forms

  • párty

Noun

party f

  1. party (gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)

Synonyms

  • See ve?írek

Related terms

  • See part

Further reading

  • party in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
  • party in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

Noun

party f or m (plural party's, diminutive party'tje n)

  1. party

Synonyms

  • feest, fuif

Derived terms

  • schuimparty

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa?.ti/

Noun

party m or f (plural parties or partys)

  1. (Canada) party (social gathering)

Usage notes

party has two genders in French: In Canada, it is a masculine noun, and in France it is a feminine noun.

Derived terms

  • garden-party
  • party hot-dog
  • suicide-party

Further reading

  • “party” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?par.ti/

Noun

party m (invariable)

  1. party (social gathering)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Noun

party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party or partyer, definite plural partya or partyene)

  1. a party (social event)

Synonyms

  • fest

References

  • “party” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Noun

party n (definite singular partyet, indefinite plural party, definite plural partya)

  1. a party (social event)

Synonyms

  • fest

References

  • “party” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?par.t?/

Participle

party

  1. masculine singular passive adjectival participle of prze?

Declension


Portuguese

Verb

party

  1. Obsolete spelling of parti

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English party. Doublet of partida.

Noun

party m (plural partys or parties)

  1. party

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English party.

Pronunciation

Noun

party n

  1. party; social gathering

Declension

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