What type of word is hostel?


What type of word is hostel? Noun. A hostel or guesthouse; accommodation. Fun or diversion; entertaining activities. A dwelling or house; a place of residence.


What is the old English term for hotel?

hostel (n.) early 13c., inn, house of entertainment, from Old French ostel, hostel house, home, dwelling; inn, lodgings, shelter (11c., Modern French hôtel), from Medieval Latin hospitale inn; large house (see hospital). Obsolete after 16c., revived 1808, along with hostelry by Sir Walter Scott.


What is a person who stays in a hostel called?

Noun. hostelite (plural hostelites) (India) An inhabitant of a hostel. synonym ? Synonym: hosteller.