hostel

Other forms of hostel

plural

hostels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hostel

What does hostel mean?

hostel means "a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hostel?

hostel has 2 syllables: ho-stel. The stress falls on "ho". In IPA it is /ˈhɑstəl/.

What is another word for hostel?

Close synonyms include hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge, youth hostel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hostel a common word?

hostel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hostel?

1 word rhymes with hostel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.