hospitable

(hŏs'pĭ-tə-bəl, hŏ-spĭt'ə-bəl)
adj.

1. Disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity.
2. Indicative of cordiality toward guests: a hospitable act.
3. Having an open mind; receptive: hospitable to new ideas.
4. Favorable to growth and development; agreeable: a hospitable environment.

[Obsolete French, from Medieval Latin *hospitābilis, from Latin hospitāre, to put up as a guest, from hospes, hospit-, guest, host.]

hospitably hos'pi·ta·bly adv.

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should be pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, although second-syllable stress is common.

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adjective

Characterized by kindness and warm, unaffected courtesy: affable, gracious. See kind/cruel.

adj

Definition: sociable, accommodating
Antonyms: hostile, inhospitable, isolated, solitary, unaccommodating, uncordial, unfriendly, unkind, unsociable

For a list of words related to hospitable, see:

• Warm, Friendly, Sensitive, or Loving

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  See crossword solutions for the clue Hospitable.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gæstfri

Nederlands (Dutch)
gastvrij, herbergzaam, goedgeefs

Français (French)
adj. - hospitalier, accueillant, favorable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gastlich, gastfreundlich, aufgeschlossen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φιλόξενος

Italiano (Italian)
ospitale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - hospitaleiro

Русский (Russian)
гостеприимный, открытый, восприимчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - hospitalario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - gästfri, gästvänlig, hjärtlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
好客的, 招待周到的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 好客的, 招待周到的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대우가 좋은, 손님접대를 잘 하는, 기쁘게 받아 들이는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - もてなしのよい, 慇懃な, 快く受け入れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مضياف, كريم, حسن الوفادة, ملائم, منفتح, حسن التقبل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסביר פנים, מארח‬

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