hoster

English

Etymology

host +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊstə(ɹ)

Noun

hoster (plural hosters)

1. (computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.

   Make sure your hoster provides fast FTP access to your files.

   • 2004, Reuters news item at CNet News, 25 September 2004:

     Microsoft sues Web hoster over spam

Synonyms

• hosting company
• web host, webhost

Derived terms

• web hoster, webhoster

Translations

provider of online hosting

• French: hébergeur (fr) m

Anagrams

• Rothes, Stoehr, Tosher, hetros, others, re-shot, rehost, reshot, short e, shorte, shoter, throes, tosher

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hoster m

1. indefinite plural of hoste

Verb

hoster

1. present of hoste

Old French

Etymology

See oster. The h is unetymological (no h in the original Latin obstō).

Verb

hoster

1. Alternative form of oster

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of hoster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		hoster			avoir hosté
gerund		en hostant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		hostant
past participle		hosté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	host	hostes	hoste	hostons	hostez	hostent
	imperfect	hostoie, hosteie, hostoe, hosteve	hostoies, hosteies, hostoes, hosteves	hostoit, hosteit, hostot, hosteve	hostiiens, hostiens	hostiiez, hostiez	hostoient, hosteient, hostoent, hostevent
	preterite	hostai	hostas	hosta	hostames	hostastes	hosterent
	future	hosterai	hosteras	hostera	hosterons	hosteroiz, hostereiz, hosterez	hosteront
	conditional	hosteroie, hostereie	hosteroies, hostereies	hosteroit, hostereit	hosteriiens, hosteriens	hosteriiez, hosteriez	hosteroient, hostereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	host	hoz	host	hostons	hostez	hostent
	imperfect	hostasse	hostasses	hostast	hostissons, hostissiens	hostissoiz, hostissez, hostissiez	hostassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	hoste	—	hostons	hostez	—