Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hospitalise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hos-pi-talise
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hospitalize.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin hospitālis Late Latin hospitālebor. Old French hospitalbor. Middle English hospital English hospital English -ise English hospitalise From hospital + -ise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hospitalises (present, singular) hospitalising (participle, present) hospitalised (participle, past) hospitalised (past)

Derived Forms

hospitalisable hospitalisation rehospitalise

Synonyms

hospitalize

Questions

What does hospitalise mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hospitalize.
Where does hospitalise come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstipotis Proto-Italic *hostipotis Latin hospes Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin hospitālis Late Latin hospitālebor. Old French hospitalbor. Middle English hospital English hospital English -ise English hospitalise From hospital + -ise.

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