hospice
French, noun/ɔs.pis/
hospice is spelled H-O-S-P-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hospice is a French masculine noun meaning “hospice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Établissement public ou privé où l’on reçoit et entretient, soit gratuitement, soit pour une rétribution peu…”.
What does hospice mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehospice
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Établissement public ou privé où l’on reçoit et entretient, soit gratuitement, soit pour une rétribution peu élevée, des enfants, des infirmes ou des vieillards hors d’état de subvenir à leurs propres besoins. 2. Ce type d'établissement pour les vieillards. 3. Maison où des religieux donnent l’hospitalité aux pèlerins, aux voyageurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hospice
- hospices plural
- ^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hospice?
- /ɔs.pis/
- ^((h muet))\ɔs.pis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hospice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hospice in French?
hospice appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).