host

Etymology 1
From, from (French: ), from , accusative of , from , an old compound of  and the root of , from , from  and. Used in English since 13th century.

Noun

 * 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)  Any computer attached to a network.
 * 6)  A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
 * 7)  An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
 * 8) A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
 * 1)  Any computer attached to a network.
 * 2)  A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
 * 3)  An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
 * 4) A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
 * 1)  An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
 * 2) A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
 * 1) A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
 * 1) A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

Related terms

 * hotel
 * hospitable
 * hospital
 * hospitality

Translations

 * Afrikaans: gasheer, gasvrou
 * Arabic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ, ܡܩܲܒܠܵܢܵܐ
 * Bats: მასპინძელ
 * Belarusian: ,
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Evenki: эден
 * Faroese: vertur
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , at a meal
 * Georgian: მასპინძელი
 * German:, Bewirter
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἑστιάτωρ, ξενοδόκος
 * Greenlandic: qaaqqusisoq
 * Hebrew: מארח
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: hospitero
 * Irish: óstach
 * Italian:, at a meal
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Ladino: balabay, balabaya
 * Latin:, hospita
 * Latvian: saimnieks, namatēvs, namamāte
 * Macedonian: до́маќин, дома́ќинка
 * Malay: tuan rumah
 * Maori: nihowera, kaitaurima
 * Middle English: hoste, herberjour
 * Mingrelian: მენძელი
 * Nanai: эден
 * Nivkh: ыс, ызӈ
 * Northern Sami: doalloisit, doalloeamit, guossoheaddji
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: vert
 * Pashto: کوربه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: ospitant, ospitanta
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: домаћин, домаћиница, газда, газдарица
 * Roman: domaćin, domaćinica, ,
 * Slovak: hostiteľ
 * Slovene:, gostíteljica
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: hosćićel
 * Spanish:, , hospedero
 * Svan: მა̈სძელ
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: хазя́їн, хазя́йка,, господа́рка, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: lletywr, gwesteiwr
 * Zazaki:


 * Arabic:, آدِب, مُسْتَضِيف
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܐܲܪ̈ܚܵܢܹܐ, ܡܐܲܪ̈ܚܵܢܝܵܬܹܐ
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, gastgever,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מארחים
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:, hospita
 * Macedonian: во́дител, води́телка
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: vert
 * Pashto: کوربه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:, gostíteljica
 * Spanish:, anfitriona,
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: میزبان
 * Vietnamese: người chủ trì, người tổ chức


 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, , , gastgever
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: dissignātor
 * Macedonian: во́дител, води́телка
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene: vodítelj, vodíteljica
 * Spanish: maestro de ceremonias,, presentador
 * Vietnamese:


 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: κεντρικός υπολογιστής
 * Hungarian: gazdagép,
 * Indonesian: hos
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 호스트
 * Macedonian: до́маќин
 * Marathi: होस्ट
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: vert
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, гла́вная ЭВМ, гла́вный компью́тер
 * Ukrainian: хост
 * Vietnamese:


 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܐܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: pejamu,
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: saimnieks
 * Macedonian: до́маќин
 * Malay: perumah
 * Maori: rauropi papa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: vert
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, хазяїн
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * 1) To perform the role of a host.
 * 2)  To lodge at an inn.
 * 3)  To run software made available to a remote user or process.
 * 1)  To lodge at an inn.
 * 2)  To run software made available to a remote user or process.
 * 1)  To lodge at an inn.
 * 2)  To run software made available to a remote user or process.
 * 1)  To run software made available to a remote user or process.

Translations

 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܸܚ, ܩܲܒܸܠ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: gastigi
 * Finnish:, toimia isäntänä,
 * French: ,
 * German: Gastgeber sein,, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: hýsa
 * Italian:
 * Latin: hospitō
 * Maori: whakamanu(w)hiri, whakauhi, whakauwhi, manaaki
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:, ugościć
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: gostiti
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: agera värd
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܪܸܚ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: gastigi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: hýsa
 * Polish: hostować
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: ,

Etymology 2
From, borrowed from , , from , from (as opposed to ). .

Noun

 * 1)  A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
 * 2) A large number of items; a large inventory.
 * 1) A large number of items; a large inventory.
 * 1) A large number of items; a large inventory.
 * 1) A large number of items; a large inventory.

Translations

 * Arabic: جُنْد, جَيْش
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܝܣܵܐ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Maori: mano
 * Ngazidja Comorian: djeyshi
 * Old Norse: herr
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎁𐎜
 * Ukrainian: ві́йсько
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: silananef


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: ,

Etymology 3
From, , , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.

Derived terms

 * host desecration

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: нафора
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dalmatian: bluta
 * Danish: oblat, hostie
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: hostio
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kynnir
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian: partìcula
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ostiya
 * Udi: нишкъатӏ
 * Vietnamese: bánh lễ, bánh thánh
 * Welsh: afrllad

Etymology
, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) army, troops

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) guest

Usage
The archaic plural instrumental is.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  host

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 1
Related to ("to cough").

Noun

 * 1) a single cough expulsion

Usage notes

 * Prior to a 2020 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 1
Related to, ("to cough").

Noun

 * 1) a single cough expulsion

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) guest
 * 2) foreigner
 * 1) foreigner

Etymology
..

Noun

 * , promotional model

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   computer attached to a network

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1)   any computer attached to a network

Interjection

 * 1) cough