hôtel-Dieu

English

Alternative forms
  • hotel-Dieu

Etymology

Borrowed from French hôtel-Dieu.

Noun

hôtel-Dieu (plural hôtels-Dieu)

  1. (historical) The chief hospital in a French city.
    • 2017, Alison Forrestal, Vincent de Paul, the Lazarist Mission, and French Catholic Reform:
      When she arrived in each town, she checked whether a Hôtel-Dieu existed, and visited the five that she found.

References
  • A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms‎, 1972, page 240

French

Etymology

Literally, “hostel [of] God”, such hospitals usually being run by religious orders.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /o.tɛl.djø/

Noun

hôtel-Dieu m (plural hôtels-Dieu)

  1. (historical) hôtel-Dieu

References
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