Polyglot Dictionary

hôte

/ot/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
hôtes

Meaning

  1. host (the person who receives guests)

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Confusingly, hôte can also mean "guest" in certain fixed expressions (e.g. chambre d'hôte, "guest room, B&B") — context decides which sense applies.

Practice

1 What does hôte mean?

2 Fill the gap: Notre ___ nous a chaleureusement accueillis à son arrivée.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hôte?

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