Hospitality

Definitions

1. The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.
   countable, uncountable
2. The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.
   countable, uncountable
3. The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or provided to visitors by a private host.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

36 more languages

العربيةإكرامالكرمضيافةقرىكرم+ 2 more

Bosanskigostoljubivostгостољубивост

Catalàhospitalitat

Češtinapohostinnostpohostinství

Danskgæstfrihed

Ελληνικάξενίαφιλοξενία

Esperantogastamecogastamo

Suomihotelli- ja ravintola-alakestiystävyysmajoitustoimintavieraanvaravieraanvaraisuus+ 2 more

Gaeilgeaíochtcoirfáiltegart+ 1 more

Gàidhligaoigheachdbàidhbiadhtachd

Galegohospedaxehospitalidade

हिन्दीआतिथ्यख़ातिरख़ातिरदारीमेहमानदारीमेहमाननवाज़ीसत्कार+ 3 more

Hrvatskigostoljubivostгостољубивост

Magyarvendégszeretet

Հայերենհյուրասիրությունհյուրընկալությունսպասարկում

Bahasa Indonesiakeramahtamahanperhotelan

Italianoospitalità

日本語おもてなしホスピタリティー優待厚情厚遇客扱い客遇い持て成し振舞い款待集客+ 8 more

Қазақ тіліқонақжайлылықмейманшылық

한국어호스피탤리티환대환대산업

Latinahospitalitashospitium

Latviešuviesmīlība

Te Reo Māorimanaakimanaakitanga

Македонскигостољубивостгостољубиегостопримство

မြန်မာဧည့်ဝတ်

Nederlandsgastvrijheidhoreca

Polskigościnnośćobsługaobsługiwanie

Portuguêshospitalidadehotelaria

Românăospitalitate

Русскийгостеприимствогости́ничный би́знесобслуживаниераду́шиехлебосо́льствохоспита́лити+ 3 more

Српскиgostoljubivostгостољубивост

Svenskagästfrihetgästgiverigästvänlighetservice+ 1 more

తెలుగుఅతిథిసత్కారము

Türkçekonukseverlikmihmandarlıkmisafirperverlik

Українськагостинністьобслуговуваннясервіс

اردومہمان نوازی

Examples

“Please⟳ thank⟳ our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed.”

“"Quarrels!" said Charles; "do not use⟳ so disagreeable a word. I am thinking of nothing but the thanks I owe⟳ Lord Avonleigh for his hospitality"—Lord Avonleigh bent to the very edge of the table—"and the favours I am about to ask⟳."”

“In Ancient Times, as Story tells, / The Saints would often leave⟳ their Cells, / And ſtrole about, but hide⟳ their Quality, / To try⟳ good Peoples Hoſpitality.”

“Mr Venus, reminded of the duties of hospitality, produced some rum.”

“We were over the border⟳ here, into Northern Ireland, and the post⟳ office had a very English atmosphere. It was pleasant, too, much as we enjoyed the hospitality of the Republic, to be buying stamps with the Queen's head on them, and to be posting our cards in a red pillar-box, instead of a green one.”

“After graduating from college, she found a job in hospitality.”

CEFR level