hoste
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔs.t͡ʃi/
hoste is spelled H-O-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoste is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “host; army; military troop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bando, multidão”.
What does hoste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehost; army; military troop
- 2
feminineherd (a mass of people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bando, multidão 2. tropa dum exército
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hoste
- hostes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hoste?
- Brazil /ˈɔs.t͡ʃi/
- /ˈɔʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈɔʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hoste in Portuguese?
hoste appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).