l'
/o.pi.tal/
Translation
hospital
Word origin
From Latin hospitale ('guest house'), from hospes ('guest, host'). English 'hospital', 'hostel' and 'hotel' all descend from this root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- hospitale
- English cognates
- hospital, hostel, hospitality
Grammar
Examples
transporte l' ' .
He was taken to hospital as an emergency last night.
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She works as a nurse in a large hospital.
l' '.
I have to go to hospital for a series of tests.
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She has worked as a nurse at the hospital for twenty years.
l' -.
My brother left the hospital yesterday afternoon.
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